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·
            2 days ago

            What a weird comment.

            Jyek is under no obligation to recommend your preferred solution.

            • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              12·
              21 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·
                20 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.