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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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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

So, no answer because I can’t. I’m not replicating buying hardware for all of the people who are on my plex account to move them to some free software because all y’all who shout “Jellyfin” do so because you do t want to pay for anything.

Why doesn’t anyone ever mention Emby? Oh, right, because you have to support the project and no one wants to do that.

Plex isn’t in the right here, but yelling Jellyfin ever. Single. Time. Is like using a hammer to tighten a screw; it’s not always the right tool for the job and tall look like morons for just blindly parroting what others say.

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Bro, if you want to use Emby, nobody is stopping you. Jellyfin is the popular solution because it is open source. Emby isn't a project, it's a product just like plex is a product. Both Emby and Plex started as free methods to host your media and converted to a paid closed source solution. Jellyfin is a fork of Emby from before they moved to closed source and remains free and open to this day.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

No one is stopping you from recommending it either.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

What a weird comment.

Jyek is under no obligation to recommend your preferred solution.

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I really hope Emby pays you well.

[–] Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Are you OK? I didn't realize my comment was so inflammatory. I just love Jellyfin and don't appreciate Plex's actions over the years. You love Emby. That's cool! Use what works for you.