Interesting. It would still be complex I guess but mean that it’s less risky to expose.

I’m still a bit out of my depth on networking I just use jellyfin locally. Ive set up websites and stuff but never had to play with reverse proxies.

Realistically what could the jellyfin devs do to make this easier?

The ruling class in general. Whether they wear red or blue.

yep. https://lemmy-federate.com/ lets you do this.