"Jellyfin Ready for Families Now"
I hope this is true. I just looked at the website and discovered the installation is now simplified to normie level.

I, a normie Plex user, looked into jellyfin several months ago. I read with dismay the extensive instructions offered at that time for how to set up the server. Setting up my Plex server on my old windows box which does almost nothing else these days was basically just running the installation and then setting a couple of paths and preferences. The only thing I had to do anything more off the beaten path with was setting it up for remote access to use at my kid's house. So I read the instructions for how to set up jellyfin, hoping it would be the same way. Unfortunately, simply reading the instructions exhausted me as I would have to learn whole chapters of textbooks to carry them out. I decided I would almost certainly not be able to do it without days of time dedicated to getting myself up to speed to know what I was doing. I would need someone else to do it.

The author does say, "I still don't think it has dethroned Plex for the average user, but the gap I once considered massive... isn't anymore." I bet jellyfin could be better than Plex, since I know from experience that Plex has some persistent issues...but I'm still suspicious jellyfin may still be best for people who know how to get into its guts and manipulate it. But it seems close, and they sure have streamlined the install. After reading the discussions on Github, I may wait a while more. https://www.xda-developers.com/jellyfin-comes-very-close-to-plex-in-family-friendly-features/