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Cake day: December 4th, 2024

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  • Dude they increased their price for the first time in many years. Pay for it or don’t. This isn’t some ethics lesson, people are whining that a paid service they don’t use is charging more/putting features behind a (what I believe is reasonable) price. They’re advocating for Jellyfin and rejecting a corporation. Valid, go for it. But don’t make this something it isn’t. This is people going “haha stupid plex people look us doing real self hosting”










  • Why pay for anything ever if it’s going to potentially get taken away?

    I paid like $80 and have already gotten over a year out of it. I pay for literally no subscription media services. The math is clear and obvious on this one.

    My wife and kids can access my server on any device without any fuss. Updates are trivial - I use a $100 beelink I update/check on maybe once a month. If you can’t see why this is an attractive situation for people I don’t know what to tell you

    Do you change the oil in your car (if you have one) yourself or do you go to a shop? Have you ever gone out to dinner? Sometimes we pay for convenience. $80 is nothing for what I’m getting out and have gotten of Plex. I got tired of fucking around with Jellyfin and trying to get my wife and kids on it. I am pretty tech savvy but I had a lot of trouble getting it to consistently work outside of my home in a secure way. So I use Plex now with Jellyfin some internally.