Until Jellyfin is as easy to use for Normals AND it has an actual appleTV app, it’s a nonstarter for me.

Plex is enforcing a change they announced months ago and ONLY requires the server owner to have plex pass which you should already because it’s absolutely worth it. Now, if they made it that my mom and friends and everyone else I share to needed a pass, that’s a different story.

Supporting plex with a pass makes sense. The software is stable and constantly worked on (regardless if you like the changes or not) so Pass is worth it for the features it unlocks.

Jellyfin is great for single users watching on non-Apple hardware in their own home. For me (and I suspect many others) I’m not jumping ship unless Jellyfin either significantly improves on what I need or Plex enshittifies to a point where it’s untenable.

Emby would absolutely be my next move when/if I leave plex.

Plexamp.

Actually security out of the box.

A decent iOS app (including the TV) that is free.

Plexamp.

A server that doesn’t seem to forget my logon almost every time I try using it instead of plex

Tautulli

$99 for “lifetime” infuse? No thanks.

Yes, I know there’s monthly but I had being slowly bled dry by subscriptions.

With the security vulnerabilities and the difficultly of setup, I use Emby.

So three features, with security being #1

I know the risks. The most somoene could do is gain access to the things im already sharing without having to create a login first. Or i suppose they might be able to intentionally break things, but that would really be only minor inconvenience for me.

Most abuse i see these days is from LLMs ans automated scripts completely unrelated to jellyfin, fail2ban mitigates most of that easily.

Every single person I had managed to switch and they where not tech literate. But really it's putting a url in a box.

What TV? There is one for WebOS one for Tizen. Android tv and Roku have them. So what other OS are TVs running.

If you do that, great! Genuinely good for you. You probably know the risks and how to mitigate them, or fix them if they become problems. Or don’t care, that’s a valid option too.

I absolutely do not know the risks or how to mitigate them. I don’t want to fuck myself over doing something stupid against the consensus advice of basically everyone who ever talks about it. I don’t even fully understand how to make it accessible in the first place, despite having spent a few days looking into it on and off (same issue with sharing my calibre library, as it seems to be the same process). It’s way beyond my experience level, it’s intimidating, and frankly I’m not super interested in doing something that far out of my understanding comfort zone if it has any significant risks.

Or just the traffic you need to

I've done this for people. With a good connection, it's fine.

This may shock you, but noncommercial relationships can be be helpful for fighting the oppression of corporate oligarchy.

So your suggestion is to convince a friend to let me tunnel all my Internet traffic through their connection, with no concern of uptime?

I mean yeah, I guess that works, but is unreliable, and in some cases unobtainable.

Seems like a paid service would be easier for quite a few folks.

Do you have friends? With internet connections? That's how you do this.

Can you share a free proxy that would work for them?

Otherwise you'd be recommending them use a paid service "like a moron"

The server is indeed meant to be ran on a server by someone comfortable with running servers. I was referring to the clients mostly and connecting new clients.

I use multiple paid services, including Plex, and I wouldn't consider myself a moron.

I also don't use derogatory language in a forum to make a point. Be civil or you'll be removed.

You mean like the one that Plex provides with Plex pass?
I haven't been able to find a free proxy provider that is ok with streaming video. Closest I've found is CloudFlare, and video streaming isn't permitted on their free tier.
Plex pass is a lot cheaper for me than paying for CloudFlare's non-free tiers, especially since I got myself a lifetime pass 3 years ago.

I never thought of it that way but you are 100% right. The "market" they love so much IS the company store!

Thank you for broadening my horizons.

With happiness and glee they will follow to their deaths.

Maybe you want to watch them later?

Anyway, I suggest you don't use it then and keep on shuffling around with your usb stick.

I can’t view thousands of movies and episodes at once, why would I want it all on my HD? Anyways, plex just seems like a bloated solution to a problem it invented.

Use a Roku or another streaming box

The only thing taken for me was the time and braincells from having to read your mental diarrhea.

Alright buddy, make sure to keep on that tinfoil hat.