I am in that group. I have philips hue integrated with an Apple TV for a HomeKit hub. Though I don’t think it cut ties with the Philip services when doing that.

The first option is basically that right

Any particular reason to use the ffmuc? Are there other instances worth considering?

https://racereplay.net/

Not live though

Any chance this can make it’s way to Nintendo switch?

How does this compare with my home hosting solution with vpn *arrs jellyfin and infuse. I am not familiar with Orion and real debrid. It looks like you are outsourcing everything.

I use Jellyfin with https://firecore.com/infuse for Apple TV. It is the smoothest experience I can think of.