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Alternative to Apple TV/Fire TV stick etc.?

Does anybody know of a proper alternative to Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV sticks, Roku sticks, etc.?

At the moment, I’m still using a Fire TV Stick with my old TV, but ideally, I’d like to replace it with something European. Is there anything?

Requirements are:

Runs a Jellyfin client
Apps for typical streaming services like Disney+, which I won’t be able to get rid of yet (I have people in the house who love Disney).
Wi-Fi, ideally
remote control so that we can control it easily from the couch

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Raspberry Pi is British
- I heard it's pretty jank when it comes to apps like Disney+ or Netflix, some stuff don't work etc. Might be good for Jellyfin though?
- Do you know of a good interface/OS/whatever for it that would allow easily using Jellyfin and Disney+ via a remote control?
  
  LibreELEC is a Linux option if you want a full-featured device. LibreELEC (or Kodi, which is the application that actually does the heavy lifting) has both Jellyfin and Disney+ add-ons (although I can't personally vouch for how well they work).
  
  Android TV is also available for the Pi and is another fine option.
  
  You can run Android on it. Then you have your pick of apps.
  
  Jellyfin is a nice enough interface, don’t know if you integrate Disney+
Nokia has one. Technically it's Finnish but there is some Chinese money involved.
- You may be interested to know that while they're Nokia branded, the brand is just being used under licence. The actual manufacturer is StreamView, from Austria.
  
  Yes by a company called HMD. They actuality continued the vision of Nokia and I think what they're doing is pretty good. They make a lot of feature phones and I owned the Nokia 8 which was pretty good for the money.
Not a proper alternative really. Some of your own set up too, you could buy a laptop or small form factor PC? Lots of great Linux distros to get on there.
- I have done that in the past, using a raspberry pi. I was using Plex (Rasplex) back then. The main problem was convenience, mostly with the possibility to have proper remote control from the couch.
  
  For just myself, this could possibly work, but it’s a non-starter for the non technical people in my house. They need a remote control on the couch and the ability to easily open different streaming apps with that.
Not really, unfortunately.

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