I want to unlock the ability to view content on my mobile device. I can do that with a one-time purchase (payed with google opinion rewards) or with a subscription. I want to unlock the ability for my entire family though, across multiple devices. Do I have to pay the "one-time payment" for every device? If so, the plex subscription might be worth it. Is there any other major benefit to having a plex subscription?

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[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 1 points 2 years ago

Normally people are using https://jellyfin.org/ although i have never used it so I'm not sure if it offers the same functionality but it's worth a try.

[–] WhatevsBrah@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to have one. Then I asked myself why I was paying someone else to access my own stuff.

[–] tinykingdoms@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

you're not wrong.. but you gotta give credit where credit is due. Plex does a good job of having a client on every platform. Telling family and friends "search for plex on your devices app store" is a whole hell of a lot easier than having them jump thru all the hoops that it takes for jellyfin to work.

[–] Courbet_eiro@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jellyfin is just great and easy to configure

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Yeah I used to use Plex, Jellyfin all the way now.

[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to have a Plex Pass, but I dont think it's worth it anymore. I have remote access via Tailscale, which I use for a number of other services as well.

[–] LievitoPadre@feddit.it 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you access to all the Plex content and the UI from remote using tailscale?

[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Yes. Tailscale is an implementation of the Wireguard VPN. As far as Plex knows my phone is local, no need for remote.