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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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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I don’t believe plex pass acts as a vpn.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 4 points 16 hours ago

yeah but it removes the need for one in most use cases

[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It kinda does when streaming remotely, if you don't have any open ports it gets routed through Plex's servers

It's not literally a VPN no but it does route data