I switched from Swift Backup to Neo Backup. Don't regret it. Neo is open source (F-Droid) and backups aren't locked to your Google account like Swift.
Wells Fargo is worth 163 billion. That $200 million fine is literally 0.12% of their Net worth. In comparisonThe average US salary is $59,428. A parketing ticket on average is about $80That parketing ticket is 0.13% of that Salary. So this "fine" is in fact cheaper than a parking ticket.
Also self-host SearchXNG. Its definitely the way to go. I like you can choose which search engines to pull from
I use this solution also but for external I run Uptime Kuma on a $5 VPS that also stores my Unraid Backups
I'm about to have a daughter and was thinking about this also. I have been using Tube Archivist for months and its exactly what you need. You can control what subscriptions they watch, set download limits, etc. https://www.tubearchivist.com/
OK great. Now to that on your Roku, Apple TV, Nvidia Shield, smart phone, etc. There aren't clients for every platform and the ones that do exist frankly are just not even close to as polished looking as Plex is.
I switched from Swift Backup to Neo Backup. Don't regret it. Neo is open source (F-Droid) and backups aren't locked to your Google account like Swift.