It may have very well changed recently or I could be misremembering, but the reason I switched over was being unable to play certain codecs/media types (types of hdr?) over stream while converting on host.... unless I had a subscription.
Utter lunacy to want me to pay to convert on my own machine. I've since swapped to jellyfin, donated, and am happier for it (and the open source part is such an added plus).
Thank you for taking the time to lay all this out. Jumping at every unfounded tweet just pushes people further towards the things they wish to not be. There's plenty of corruption and things to be disgusted with without also saying things we can't source (YET?).