They’re not being scammed exactly. It’s more of a fantasy they’re playing out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwsowgBE_P8

I use Infuse and have found it to be nice. I wish it supported music though.

https://jellyfin.org/posts/client-infuse/

There’s a word for this, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVEINT .

In addition to the recommendations you’re getting already, I recommend learning about Borg Backup. It has great documentation.

https://www.borgbackup.org/

Borgmatic is a project that makes automatic backups easier with Borg.

https://torsion.org/borgmatic/

If you want a GUI for your personal machines there is Vorta.

https://vorta.borgbase.com/

I’ve used Borg for years now and test my restores every year. Which reminds me… I should do that more often. 😅