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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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[–] SW42@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Wait wait wait so… you pay THEM to let YOU share YOUR media? Wha?

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

An absolutely insane number of self hosting options require a subscription for now fucking reasoning.

Not a one time buy which would at least make sense. No no! Its a monthly fee AND half the time they require a Internet connection and checkin. Just to SELF HOST.

its fucking baffling.

[–] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Not a one time buy which would at least make sense. No no! Its a monthly fee AND half the time they require a Internet connection and checkin. Just to SELF HOST.

Yeah, the DRM has to make sure your subscription is up to date. For the service you provide all the hardware for. The service you will personally have to install and maintain.