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.

  • Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.worldEnglish
    372·
    11 days ago

    I don’t know why anyone would pay that instead of using Jellyfin. I’ve had my server up for years now and it works great.

    • |IlI|lIIl|IlIll|Il|IllI|@lemmy.worldEnglish
      133·
      11 days ago

      I haven’t checked in on Jellyfin for a while now, but don’t they still have issues with hardware transcoding support?

      Not to mention the lack of software clients on other platforms for just playback that Plex has been established on for years and even multiple device generations like with PlayStation, Roku, Fire Stick, etc.?

      Also you have to configure your own reverse proxy / Tailscale set up to securely access a content library remotely, right - as opposed Plex’s relatively simpler remote access configuration?

      • Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        11 days ago

        I have not personally experienced any issues with hardware transcoding. My server is an old Dell Optiplex and I use clients on Linux, Android, Roku and Shield.

        Yes you are correct about remote access and if that was a priority for me, I would happily learn that part instead of paying for Plex.

          • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            10 days ago

            I have an ~80GB movie that I can watch on a TV that can’t even handle the data rate for that file, nevermind the codecs.

            But if the couple minutes to click “this client can’t handle anything over 60Mbps x264” is too much work, then by all means keep paying for Plex. Or “hypothetically” find a smaller copy of that movie.

            I’m always amazed by the number of people who absolutely can’t leave Plex because they’ve got 14 grandparents streaming 8k rips all day every day.

    • jumponboard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      How much do you donate to jellyfin? If I sum up my 20 bucks per year for the next 50 years, I end up with 1000 bucks. If I wanted to pay today, I’d donate even more to jellyfin. (Neglecting inflation)