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Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription Plans (www.ign.com)
submitted 3 months ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know why anyone would pay that instead of using Jellyfin. I've had my server up for years now and it works great.

[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I haven’t checked in on Jellyfin for a while now, but don’t they still have issues with hardware transcoding support?

Not to mention the lack of software clients on other platforms for just playback that Plex has been established on for years and even multiple device generations like with PlayStation, Roku, Fire Stick, etc.?

Also you have to configure your own reverse proxy / Tailscale set up to securely access a content library remotely, right - as opposed Plex’s relatively simpler remote access configuration?

[–] warm@kbin.earth -1 points 3 months ago

Surprise, surprise, a paid product with salaried developers has more features than a volunteer project!

More people using Jellyfin, more people who will contribute, through code or donations. It's worth a downside to swap over.