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Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription Plans (www.ign.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@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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[–] 31 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Wait wait wait so… you pay THEM to let YOU share YOUR media? Wha?

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Not a one time buy which would at least make sense. No no! Its a monthly fee AND half the time they require a Internet connection and checkin. Just to SELF HOST.

    Yeah, the DRM has to make sure your subscription is up to date. For the service you provide all the hardware for. The service you will personally have to install and maintain.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Not really. What Plex is selling is a relay service, so you can connect to your home media remotely, just like you can do with Tailscale etc. the second thing they are selling is user management, easily share media library with other people. Both of these are hard to set up for many people in Jellyfin

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