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Not necessarily. If Plex still works well for your personal media library, there is no reason to panic-migrate. But if you dislike streaming-service clutter, want a fully self-hosted stack, or are uncomfortable with the direction of Plex’s commercial features, it is sensible to test Jellyfin or Emby alongside Plex before committing to a change. Real-world Plex free movie streaming test.

Users with an older Windows PC or laptop they want to repurpose as a simple backup/private cloud target. People who want Jellyfin, mobile backup, encrypted storage and remote access without manually assembling lots of separate apps. Families or small users who want convenience more than deep NAS administration. Tinkerers who understand crowdfunding risk and are happy to follow software updates.

Anyone who needs a production NAS with mature RAID, snapshots, permissions and vendor-tested apps. Users who are uncomfortable exposing a PC to remote access without mature 2FA and permission controls. Anyone expecting the dongle itself to provide NAS-grade CPU, memory, storage or networking performance. People who would rather install TrueNAS, Unraid, OpenMediaVault, Windows shares, Jellyfin and Docker manually.