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Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription Plans (www.ign.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Plex has announced a massive price increase on the service's Lifetime Plex Pass. On July 1, the lifetime subscription option will go from $249.99 to $749.99, an increase of 200%. The price hike will only apply to new subscribers, with no changes to monthly or annual subscription pricing.

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[–] 156 points 5 months ago (9 children)

A gentle reminder that Jellyfin exists to those thinking of alternatives.

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  • [–] 38 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    For free (FOSS), and is way better than Plex

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    If you use it weekly it shouldn't be free to you, certainly if you use it more frequently than that. Give money to the projects you depend on or they will disappear.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    You find a place on jellyfin.org where they take donations? I was looking last night and only found a link where you could contribute your time.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    A gentle reminder that Jellyin more or less requires you to set up a reverse proxy and a secure VPN to use it outside of your home.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Why would you not do that anyway?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    Because if I'm watching locally I dont need them, and if I'm watching remotely Plex already offers secure remote viewing 'out of the box`. They give every user an SSL certificate and a public accessible URL at app.plex.tv. They also handle secure user authentication. The new price is stupid, but Jellyfin is not a 1:1 replacement.

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