I will second this. We have one and it's awesome. I pull it apart every 3-4 months or so to give it a good clean, but other than that it's set and forget essentially
You can enable remote access through firewall rules, port fwding etc but I haven't done that yet. There's a service called tailscale that allows remote access to almost any app externally, works really well. Only drawback is that if you're on mobile, the tailscale app needs to be running for access to work
I also paid for a lifetime pass and still switched to Jellyfin last year. I find it's quite a bit better than Plex. The UI leaves a bit to be desired, but the performance for me is way better.
Immediately get out of bed and stand up straight, works faster than trying to flex\stretch it out