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Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription Plans (www.ign.com)
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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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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 26 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

It was?

I started streaming video in around 2001. Over SMB. Using VLC as the client.

Then I switched to using iTunes as a server.

Then came XMPP/Kodi.

And eventually, Jellyfin.

Every few years, I’ve tried Plex, and it’s never done quite what I wanted, and required security/privacy compromises. About the only thing it has going for it is that the client and the server will run on just about anything.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 27 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

XMPP

I think you mean XBMC.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I do indeed :D

Although I still use XMPP.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Y'all half a step from star wars over telnet over here if you're using xmpp to steam movies.

EDIT: looks like someone kept it alive.

[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 20 hours ago

As I said in a different comment, I think "only one of its kind" was probably a better fit, at least in terms of collected features and sharing capabilities