KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPlex’s price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfinwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square266fedilinkarrow-up1723arrow-down124
arrow-up1699arrow-down1external-linkPlex’s price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfinwww.androidauthority.comKatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square266fedilink
minus-squarelittle_tuptup@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·4 hours agoProjects like Plex, they started out from the open source community, had free contributions, and then monetized. People are bastardizing open source.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 hour agoThe reason Plex is as popular as it is is because of their infrastructure and software that lets users stream video and music remotely on any device at the press of a button. That costs money to build and maintain.
minus-squareStantonVitales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 minutes agoReally? Cuz Jellyfin literally does the same thing and doesn’t cost money.
Projects like Plex, they started out from the open source community, had free contributions, and then monetized. People are bastardizing open source.
The reason Plex is as popular as it is is because of their infrastructure and software that lets users stream video and music remotely on any device at the press of a button. That costs money to build and maintain.
Really? Cuz Jellyfin literally does the same thing and doesn’t cost money.