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Friendly reminder; There are many self-hosted alternatives to streaming services today
To be fair, none are an alternative. They're all only front ends to the torrents you downloaded.
They're not frontends for torrents though. They're media servers just as they all advertise themselves to be. They make media files available to a network of consuming clients. Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Disney+, all of these services also do the same. They host media on centralized servers that consuming clients can playback. In that regard, these are all self-hosted alternatives to the aforementioned.
It should also be noted that the media in question doesn't have to be torrents, they can be legitimately purchased songs that you playback via Plexamp or Jellyamp on your phone, or all the books you've gotten from HumbleBundle. They're media servers, so they're not limited to hosting just TV shows or movies.
I didn't say front end for the torrent but the torrents you have downloaded.
Jellyfin has no content. As such, by itself it isn't a replacement for a streaming service