Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If you consider paying a monthly fee for something that was free yesterday then I guess I’m wrong, go ahead and pay the subscription

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  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You literally said you have Plex pass in the other comment, why are you playing dumb?

      They care about the people who don’t have a “lifetime” pass? Having empathy for others who don’t have what you have, caring about the ethics of a company whose products you use (and who you’ve given money to), and taking a stance that software should be as free and open as possible aren’t “playing dumb”. If anything, as someone who isn’t just using Plex for free, they’ve earned more of a right to complain, because they’ve shown they’re willing to pay for quality services but think this one is exploitative.

      Maybe they’re worried that existing features will become locked behind a tier that the “lifetime” pass doesn’t apply to? Maybe they’re worried that their “lifetime” pass won’t be so “lifetime” if “lifetime” wasn’t explicitly defined to mean lifetime at the time of purchase? Anything bad that can happen will happen with VC-fueled enshittification.

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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  LOL

  Hope for the best, plan for the worst,

  or don’t plan, you do you!

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  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      All you need do is look at the histories of Playon, Evernote, LastPass, and the hundreds of other titles that have changed their business model to be less free.

      If you hear your engine knocking, you should plan for your car to break down.

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      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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