Why use Plex (and relying on trusting them) when you can selfhost Jellyin?
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Casterial@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoPlex?
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Casterial@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can self host Plex and it has more developed features then jellyfin. Just Plex raised cost and it’s losing its edge for that. Lifetime was great and still is.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Sadly, Plex needs a subscription and it’s only worth it if you buy the lifetime on a flash sale.
yeaaaaaaah, and thats a big nope. Why does one need a subscription or a lifetime lease when you supposedly can self host? Subscription is what brought us into this mess in the first place.
Edit: I believe for me it was remote access ease of use by Plex that I use heavily.
Setting up a Wireguard / VPN isn’t that hard, and cuts out unwanted Corpos as well.
Casterial@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A VPN setting up for a mother who has no technical experience and lives 3 hours away and a grandparent who’s 80 and lives 2 hours away is indeed hard.
MalMen@masto.pt 3 weeks ago
@DmMacniel @Casterial any advantage on jellyin over emby?
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
yeah, that its the open source fork of emby.
voidsignal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
nah. Plex bad. Kodi or Jellyfin
Casterial@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Kodi is dated and barely works and jellyfin lacks basic features. I have both jellyfin and plex, I prefer Plex but I have my own server with lifetime bought for $50
voidsignal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well maybe. But I value the absence of needing any online service and hackability way more. Also for me, Kodi works perfectly. I have one on each TV, laptop, tablet, all synced. All I need is to open a torrent file from anywhere. But I admit, I have a hairy setup.
Casterial@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
To be fair last time I used Kodi was like 2017, that was when it kept getting raided lol