Plex just announced they are raising the price of their lifetime Plex Pass from $250 to a whopping $750. If you don’t want to be forced into a perpetual subscription model or drop a small fortune, it’s time to look at the best free, open-source, and privacy-respecting alternative: Jellyfin. Jellyfin: https://jellyfin.org/ Jellyfin Documentation: https://jellyfin.org/docs/ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:17 - What is Plex? 01:03 - The Plex Price Hike 02:17 - Jellyfin: The Free Plex Alternative 03:21 - How to Install Jellyfin 03:39 - Picking a Jellyfin Server 04:31 - Installing Ubuntu 06:29 - How to Use SSH 07:25 - Installing Jellyfin 08:01 - Support Pitch 08:37 - Where to Get Content For Your Home Media Server 09:59 - Should You Make Jellyfin Remotely Accessible? Please 👍 like and 🔔 subscribe to our channel to support our work and find out about our latest video content! 💬 Join the community: https://discuss.privacyguides.net ❤️ Support our work: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/donate/ 🏡 Visit our website: https://www.privacyguides.org Have a question, comment, or tip for us? You can securely reach us on Signal at @privacyguides.01 https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/ Sources: https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2026/06/22/its-time-to-ditch-plex-media-server/ Copyright ©️ 2026 Privacy Guides. This video is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license. You can read the full license text here: https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/blob/main/LICENSE YouTube is known for silent censorship and general privacy malfeasance. If you want to discuss this video you can do so on our forum at https://discuss.privacyguides.net in addition to commenting here, and you can follow our channel on the fediverse at: https://neat.tube/c/privacyguides/videos Privacy Guides is a nonprofit project dedicated to promoting privacy, best cybersecurity practices, and digital rights. As a part of MAGIC Grants, a 501(c)(3) public charity, your donation to support our cause may be tax deductible. 🎬 Credits =============== Host: Nate Bartram (he/him) Writer: Nate Bartram Editor: Jordan Warne (they/them) Executive Producer: Jonah Aragon (he/him)