The Service That Lets You Build Your Own Streaming Library Just Announced a Wild Price Increase
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The price of Lifetime Plex Pass plans will be increasing to $749.99 on July 1.

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.

  • WandowsVista@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    15 days ago

    there are a lot of us still on Plex that hadn’t reached the threshold of issues vs effort that would motivate us to migrate to something like jellyfin.

    looks like we’ve arrived.

    • hefty4871@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      15 days ago

      I already have a lifetime Plex pass so this isn’t an issue for me. 6 months from now when Plex decides my lifetime pass has a new expiry, then I’ll be motivated.

      • WandowsVista@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        15 days ago

        this exactly. I got a lifetime pass in the before times (pre-pandemic) back when they were $100 bucks ish, but I know it’s only a matter of time before they come for us grandfathered-in fools.

    • frozenfoxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      14 days ago

      Why not run both? That’s what I do, then if Plex is an issue for someone I can make them a Jellyfin account

    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      13 days ago

      I haven’t. I bought lifetime Plex Pass something like 15 years ago. A price change doesn’t effect me. It’s all their shitty updates and removing of features that makes me keep an eye on Jellyfin. I already have a sync setup for my watch status and a couple of my main users. Jellyfins apps are still worse.