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Why I moved my Plex library to Jellyfin after 14 years (the.unknown-universe.co.uk)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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[–] 38 points 5 months ago (13 children)

Agree. I went directly with Jellyfin because I joined late the party, but never regret it.

So can't comment on Plex, because I never used it. But I see the news and see the enshittified path it's going on with Plex

I understand that they need revenue, specially if they actually provide the bandwidth to let you access your media from outside home. I also understand why people is mad, but I guess convenience come with a price, of you don't want to pay for it, there are alternatives I don't see anything bad in switching to jellyfin.

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

    They don't provide much in terms of bandwidth for you to access your own media. Just a few bytes through their web services. Their bandwidth usage comes from their desire to be their own streaming service. They provide access to a whole bunch of other media you may have no interest in.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    specially if they actually provide the bandwidth to let you access your media from outside home.

    Why would Plex need to do that? I can access my Jellyfin and outside of my home just fine without someone else acting as a middle man.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    You may not need Plex to do anything, but it's kinda disingenuous to say most people can easily and securely set up port forwarding and a DNS service/reverse proxy/etc to keep outside access working.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    Its not even the easiest to setup the default configuration stack most people use with Plex or jellyfin. I mean if you're techy its not hard, but it definitely takes time to set up. I see why people use Plex as the media player, it is stupid easy for everyone else to use. Its like a Facebook invite for media.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (6 children)

    I don’t mean that as a “I can do it so obviously everyone else can” I mean it more as a “what purpose does plex even serve in this regard?”

    Like what do you mean plex provides bandwidth? It’s hosted locally, no? From your network and your server? They provide software but surely plex as a company doesn’t host your media?

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

    They provide super-simple access from outside your home without any tech knowledge. Automagically. It even works (albeit slowly) without port forwarding.

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

    I guess I don't understand why remote access is such a popular use case. Throw some shit on your phone, h/d, or thumbdrive and you're good for a few hours. I crammed 4 full seasons of STNG on my phone recently.

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

    Because I have friends and family that want access to some of the media I host. It's a lot easier if I can just give them access and have it just work and whatever device they want to use.

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