Well TikTok actually has a pretty good algo (At least awhile ago, it might have become enshittified since) once you use it enough to train it beyond the default new profile feed.
When I was on it, I had gotten the algo to spit out mostly cool educational stuff. Like chemical fun, space stuff, Hank Green stuff, technical things (Like programming tips, cybersecurity, homelab etc) and other nerdy things (Like Star Trek stuffs) with a bit of memes sprinkled in
I don’t agree with the other commenters about books, I see what you’re asking for at least, books are more for when you want to dive more in depth in a specific topic
You’re looking for an algo of some kind, that’s what enables the “endless scrolling”. Instagram stories or whatever their TT clone is called is definitely much worse than TT itself, yea it’s an algo but I can tell you that it’s algo is really good at sticking to things that are of interest to you (Provided you are at least a bit mindful of what you’re watching during it’s training phase)
If you really don’t want an algo of any kind, then I’ll have to agree with others, what you want is a book.
Linux is an everything OS with whatever features you want/need. Do you need a hardened enterprise server? Linux got you. Do you need a user friendly OS for even non-technical people? Linux got you. Do you need something that can do a little of everything? Believe it or not, Linux got you.
I would love to get rid of Plex, but jellyfin failed the spouse test last summer and it never really liked my GDrive mount
Plus, Plex clients are everywhere, so it’s all but guaranteed that whoever I decide to onboard is going to have something compatible. I’ve even had early smart TV’s from like 2013 with that weird Yahoo app store thing that had a Plex app that still worked even when the Netflix app didn’t lolol