You can also choose a one time fee with plex
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TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 5 weeks agoI understand charging for the software but a subscription service for a self hosted program is fucking wild.
Why does everything has to be a subscription these days?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Evotech@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Because money
aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
It’s not really. Unless you can only expect to pay once for software and never expect any updates. Software development is expensive. And even self hosted stuff requires constant attention.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Unless you can only expect to pay once for software and never expect any updates.
Back in the day that would be called a ‘new version’ and I could buy it or not depending if the new features are worth it to me or not
aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
Yeah, I’m not so young. Like, I agree with you on one level,.it gives the company less control to rug pull on you and slide in a whole heap of enshittification. It’s the shitty behaviour of some companies that makes subscriptions painful.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
You can just buy a lifetime Plex pass. Its a one off payment