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[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (4 children)

As someone who paid around £120 for Emby lifetime: What the fuck

Of course, Plex really don't seem to realise they are a laughing stock in this community.

Plex kind of beats Jellyfin in: music player support (but I believe in separate dedicated services rather than a jack-of-all-trades, so I'd recommend Navidrome instead), and easy remote access (but Plex Cloud dependent).

The only thing Plex has that Emby & Jellyfin don't, that I think is pretty neat, is the combining of multiple servers in one library UI. That's it. And even then you can use Moonfin or Kodi clients, or Jellyswarrm in the stack, and that feature is FOSS too.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

The only thing Plex has that Emby & Jellyfin don't, that I think is pretty neat, is the combining of multiple servers in one library UI. That's it.

For myself I can access jellyfin from my tailnet, but Plex also makes secure sharing with friends and family over the internet simple.

You also get their OTA broadcast guide for free with plex pass. I doubt anyone else will ever offer that. The cheapest option I know of is HDHomerun’s for $35/year.

With those two things I suspect I’ll be sticking with Plex (if not exclusively) until they go out of business.

[–] lokalhorst@feddit.org 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I think the price hike is from June or July 1

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

I also only paid 70€ for my Lifetime Plex, some 10 years ago. That was definitely worth it and continues to be, but this increase is pretty clearly a soft end for the lifetime licenses.