The Service That Lets You Build Your Own Streaming Library Just Announced a Wild Price Increase
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The price of Lifetime Plex Pass plans will be increasing to $749.99 on July 1.

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.

  • |IlI|lIIl|IlIll|Il|IllI|@lemmy.worldEnglish
    174·
    14 hours ago

    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
      324·
      13 hours 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.

      • BakedCatboy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        Hopefully that gets better - I run both side by side pointed at the same folders so the exact same media is available in both. I offer all my friends the choice and list every alternate app I know of, inevitably they all prefer Plex.

        • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          Because default settings arent always ideal…
          Some goes for the TV they use and whatever codec they can digest.

      • Babalugats@feddit.ukEnglish
        8·
        13 hours ago

        Especially given the new “lifetime” price. More people will switch to Jellyfin. Plex lifetime might be shorter.

      • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        11 hours ago

        More people using Jellyfin, more people who will contribute, through code or donations.

        Doubt.

        What about Emby? Why is that never mentioned?

    • Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      12 hours ago

      I have not personally experienced any issues with hardware transcoding. My server is an old Dell Optiplex and I use clients on Linux, Android, Roku and Shield.

      Yes you are correct about remote access and if that was a priority for me, I would happily learn that part instead of paying for Plex.

    • TeamAssimilation@infosec.pubEnglish
      7·
      13 hours ago

      Especially on non-GPU systems, Jellyfin is slower at transcoding than Plex. I don’t know the internals, but I have both running in the sam machine, and Plex is always noticeably more responsive. Not by a huge margin, but still it is.

      • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        I have zero experience with those two products but when it comes to transcoding there are various toggles that affect the quality and speed.

        It looks also like commercial products generally optimize for speed while open source tends to be more concerned about quality.

        Of course this could be completely wrong in this case but that’s the general tendency I noticed. Do they allow to change settings?