Plex has announced a massive price increase on the service’s Lifetime Plex Pass. On July 1, the lifetime subscription option will go from $249.99 to $749.99, an increase of 200%. The price hike will only apply to new subscribers, with no changes to monthly or annual subscription pricing.

    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      2 days ago

      Unfortunately, that’s probably not gonna happen without some new hardware.

      You could setup a wire guard at the router (can you setup tail scale on a router? idk). If she’s renting the ISP router, replacing that could save a 100+ a year, depending on how much the isp is scamming her for it.

      or you could repurpose a minipc/nuc from bay and set up a jellyfin streaming box with tailscale.

      If you have the extra hardware, you could also setup a local server with her jellyfin and use wiregaurd/tailscale to remotely connect to it and run backup/sync during off-hours.

      • VonReposti@feddit.dkEnglish
        21·
        2 days ago

        You could also set up a reverse proxy in front of your Jellyfin and hook a domain up to it. That way you don’t have to worry about the client at all.

      • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        46·
        2 days ago

        So, no answer because I can’t. I’m not replicating buying hardware for all of the people who are on my plex account to move them to some free software because all y’all who shout “Jellyfin” do so because you do t want to pay for anything.

        Why doesn’t anyone ever mention Emby? Oh, right, because you have to support the project and no one wants to do that.

        Plex isn’t in the right here, but yelling Jellyfin ever. Single. Time. Is like using a hammer to tighten a screw; it’s not always the right tool for the job and tall look like morons for just blindly parroting what others say.

        • Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          2 days ago

          Are you OK? I didn’t realize my comment was so inflammatory. I just love Jellyfin and don’t appreciate Plex’s actions over the years. You love Emby. That’s cool! Use what works for you.

        • Jyek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          41·
          2 days ago

          Bro, if you want to use Emby, nobody is stopping you. Jellyfin is the popular solution because it is open source. Emby isn’t a project, it’s a product just like plex is a product. Both Emby and Plex started as free methods to host your media and converted to a paid closed source solution. Jellyfin is a fork of Emby from before they moved to closed source and remains free and open to this day.

            • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              1 day ago

              What a weird comment.

              Jyek is under no obligation to recommend your preferred solution.

              • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                12·
                16 hours ago

                They pay me nothing, I hope Jellyfin pays you well.

                Right, they can’t because no one pays for it; you all love it because it’s free and you never have to pay. That’s why everyone wants people to use it and ignore Emby.

                • Jyek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  2·
                  15 hours ago

                  You’re a weird one. I donate regularly to my most used open source projects if they have a primary development team. But that’s not even the point. The point is, open source software isn’t usually published as a way to make loads of money. Usually open source software is created out of necessity or as a passion project. You won’t convince many Lemmy users that a corporate product meant to generate capital is the better use of time and resources by such a wide margin that we should spend our money on it. Jellyfin exists despite Emby closing source. Feel free to continue to pay for Emby. I’ll use the community resources that are on offer for free and are more than good enough for my use case.

    • Jyek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-ar300m/

      Configure one of these to sit between the TV and your mother’s network and pass all the tv traffic through an exit node on your jellyfin network.

      Most smart TVs have a tailscale app you can install directly on device. Roku is an exception to that.

      • MML@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        I love their routers but that one doesn’t have tailscale support, even if you did manage to install it (I did so on a mango) I think it would run extremely poorly

        • Jyek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          15 hours ago

          Funny enough I actually meant to link this one, which is specifically for this purpose. https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt5000/

          That’s okay though because the guy I was replying to didn’t actually want the help. He just wanted to complain that people aren’t recommending his preferred software.

          • MML@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            That’s a better choice, got one myself the other day, haven’t actually had a chance to try it but their support has literally sent me firmware ahead of release (for mango), they fix their stuff.

      • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        44·
        2 days ago

        Nope. How do I do it on the TV directly?

        I bring this up every time someone parrots off the Lemmy line of “Jellyfin” because that’s all you all know. Not what’s best for the use case, just ram Jellyfin in there shortcoming and all.