“We regret to inform you that your Lifetime Pass has died in a restructuring related accident. Consider easing your loss by browsing our other pass options.”
I paid for a lifetime Plex Pass years and years ago now, I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth.
That being said, I fully expect more bullshit like this, up to and including ending my “lifetime” pass.
When that comes to pass, I’m so glad Jellyfin will be available for me to use.
Lenny@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What they’re actually gonna do is release Plex 2 or something and then just invalidate all the old lifetime licenses, as they were for Plex and not Plex 2
PostaL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Never EVER pay for lifetime subscriptions
, unless you have lawyers on retainer.Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I mean mine has already paid for itself
PostaL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You bought a lifetime subscription. Are you dead?
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
No, but to pay for a regular subscription in the time I’ve had it would have cost more money
pirat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The word “lifetime”, when talking about permanent subscriptions, always refers to the lifetime of the service (or provider), rather than the lifetime of the subscriber.
plaguesandbacon@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I also paid for a lifetime pass and still switched to Jellyfin last year. I find it’s quite a bit better than Plex. The UI leaves a bit to be desired, but the performance for me is way better.
I’d suggest giving it a try
psivchaz@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Lifetime pass for Plex too. A few months ago, it bubbled up an ad-filled version of a show I was watching in front of the show on my server. That is, it showed up in Continue Watching. I was briefly baffled when I started watching an ad on a show that I thought was streaming locally.
Anyway, I switched to Jellyfin. There’s some imperfections, but so far it hasn’t tried to trick me into watching ads.
plaguesandbacon@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
That’s pretty bad, but I’m not that surprised.
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is my experience too. The web interface is usable, but a bit rough. It is a lot like early Plex web UI. The options for clients are okay on Android / Google TV but they are kinda bad on Apple TV.
Hopefully as more people discover Jellyfin interest in development of both the server and the clients will surpass Plex.
I appreciate what Plex has offered for free for many years now, and I was once a subscriber, but I don’t love it anymore because I’m looking for the straightest path to watching my library on my devices. Jellyfin delivers this better most of the time.
plaguesandbacon@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I don’t know what the Apple TV app is like, but I would love if the Android and Roku TV apps were the same as the web and mobile application.
At this point I believe the server is superior to Plex, at least on my experience. Much snappier and streams flawlessly
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
there is no apple tv app.
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Performance has been better for me too. I keep both installed on my media server, but I hope one day that I can easily ditch plex
Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Same here, the Plex app was super heavy on a lot of my devices and would slow them to a crawl. Jellyfin is lean and runs well even on my slow smart projector. It does everything I need it to and more. I also got sick of Plex trying to shove their content and rentals and streaming services down my throat. Couldn’t be happier with Jellyfin.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Does Jellyfin have remote play? I’ve had a lifetime PP for years now, but most of my users don’t. I will be installing Jellyfin tomorrow to run parallel until it can be a full replacement, or just forever.
I just was asking someone on here a few weeks back if switching off Plex while already having a PP was worth it. I think the gist was no rush since it’s working, but this news is my canary.
emogu@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As long as you have PP, users streaming remotely from your server can do so without PP (or the mobile app unlock). The client user charge is only for accessing servers that don’t have PP. Still insane they’re charging anything at all for streaming private content from a private server to a private client though.
Thank god for jellyfin. I have a feeling plex would have gone a lot harder with this update if there was no competition.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I missed that part of the article and had a user point it out. Still really dumb of Plex to charge more for something that has little overhead for them, greedy assholes.
plaguesandbacon@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You can enable remote access through firewall rules, port fwding etc but I haven’t done that yet. There’s a service called tailscale that allows remote access to almost any app externally, works really well. Only drawback is that if you’re on mobile, the tailscale app needs to be running for access to work
BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I use tailscale and nzb360 to remotely access my arr suite and Plex, so I’m at least a bit familiar with it. Getting my other users setup with it might be a bit tougher, but not impossible. The fact that it’s doable is a good enough jumping off point.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You have to set it up yourself. It does not have remote access through someone else’s servers like Emby and Plex do.