Any and all activity in this domain is appreciated! I used to run Nextcloud for a few companies but.. it's just subpar and like OP rightly states the complexity inherited is out of this world.
Immich is really powerful for Photos, but I don't need all those features and can find what I need with my year/month file structure, though. I'm looking for simplicity, here, which I think there are less options for, if that makes sense.