free (as in beer)
wut
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
This might be a good time to remind everyone that Jellyfin is open source, free (as in beer) and is, at this point, a better media streamer than Plex. No fees, no ads, no constant pushing of their streaming content, and still has the watch together feature that Plex went and removed.
Zidane@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
wccrawford@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There are 2 types of “free”. Liberty, and price. “Free as in beer” means they mean the price version of the word. It’s a really old saying now.
Undine@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Isn’t this confusing, though? It’s free, as in libre (open-source AND costs no money). “As in beer” implies some sort of restriction.
coaxil@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The is just better rhetoric gets a bit frustrating tbh, it’s a great bit of software do not get me wrong, but sure still has a lot of issues with more exotic codecs and various colour space conversions. Among some other tech issues