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Currently would not be possible. Jellyfin does not have the sort of centralized accounts/logins that Plex does e.g. you're not asking Jellyfin devs for permission to log into your own server. That's just a Plex thing.
If you're asking could they add that "feature" in the future? Highly unlikely but I guess anything is possible. Were that to happen most likely the code would get forked into a new project.
PS - Jellyfin itself is a fork from Emby back when those devs decided to close their source. Myself & tons of other people dropped Emby at that point & migrated to Jellyfin. https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/about/
I thought the phone home was to make it easy to have different devices talk to each other. It's similar for a lot of IoT products. If properly set up, they don't need to phone home and can find each other with the setting ayku input. However, many users are less technical and automating this through a central service makes it easier. Most companies also use this to scoop up personal info too, unfortunately.
they're trying to double as a streaming platform (like roku channel, tubi, etc) for mass-market media. that creates a conflict between the big studios licensing that content to them and the platform's common historical use case. they may have to choose 'one or the other', and i would not be surprised if further 'actions' are taken by plex to curb (or outright remove support for) media 'sharing'.
I haven't had a chance to do the research yet, so pardon a dumb question that might have an easy answer. With the setup I've described, would JellyFin just be a drop in replacement or would I need to drastically change things to get the same basic work flow?
Offhand it sounds like it could be a drop in replacement for you. But there are a lot of other variables you'd need to consider e.g. if you require specific app/TV support & don't like the current Jellyfin offerings.
Maybe others can clarify or you can post with any specific requirements/questions in the Jellyfin forums or the lemmy communities [email protected] / [email protected]
That aside you could always just try it out & see how you like it.
Ultimately, I think that is what I am doing, but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask someone with experience with the software already just in case there was an obviouls big red stop sign I was missing. Looks like I have other plans this weekend then playing more Stanfield or Baluder's Gate 3. Thanks for the help and info.