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I 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?

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MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
You can just buy a lifetime Plex pass. Its a one off payment

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TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
You can also choose a one time fee with plex

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Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Because money

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aim_at_me@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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- TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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
  
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  - aim_at_me@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
    
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