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The drives should work fine, for standard blurays and self wrote disks. There are a mature cli utilities and often the gui version is just a frontend for the cli tools. It is just an optical drive otherwise.
Arch Linux Wiki : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray
Check out makemkv, which has a cli option, and their forum for compatibility for 4K blurays. Newer bluray drives have additional protection for 4K if I understood correctly.
Sounds like you've been listening to Linux Unplugged, ha. Drive support is generally good in my experience. If you're going to buy one for writing, then I'd also recommend one that can be flashed with Libredrive. That way you can also rip encrypted BluRays and store them without DRM.
I haven't used burning software in a long time, but you may have issues getting them in a format that will just play back normally on players, especially if you put a bunch of movies on one disc. I think they need some sort of menu system, but maybe some burning software can build a rudimentary one? idk
Optical archival storage is tempting right now because of the price, though it definitely is more of an archival solution. Good for long term cold backups, but not great for any data that needs to change, even infrequently.
I got lucky and mine has factory libredrive mode support. They changed the drive inside the case now though, Pioneer to Hitachi-LG. That one needs flashing.
And about archiving: it depends. Burnables, you can expect around 10 to 20 years in dry, dark places with stable climate. Though some charges have manufacturing defects, become literally spinning rust after a few years. Considering the duplicate for safety, or some expensive archiving disk (if you believe them), are they still cheaper?
Also consider, that optical drives already get rougher mechnaically, because the fabrication chain from the 2000s is lost. And in software too, they go the path of legacy.
I don't have any experience with those drives, but i do have an LG BE16NU50 drive, which i already had when i was still on windows, and it worked on linux no problem. I also use it to play/rip CDs. I'm not sure if it's any different for 4k bluray drives, since mine is older and 1080p only, but from my experience it just works.
+1 interested in thst topic
Check MakeMKV's forum for drive models if your intention is to playback (with free software) or to backup.
Works great I write and read bluray discs all the time. I ripped my collection to my nas with no issues. Just have to get the keys setup.