Plex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.

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• thefluffiest@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  jellyfin.org

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• thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Remember jellyfin and other ones are free. Don’t get sucked into Plex when they will eventually raise its prices yet again.

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  • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Or get a lifetime pass and never have to worry again

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• kowcop@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That is quite a price hike on lifetime… going from $119 USD TO $249 USD…

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They’ll be able to put it on sale more often.

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• ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’ve been running a personal server for years. Buy the lifetime pass now if you host a server. It’s so easy.

  There’s also Jellyfin for those who despise spending money and prefer to control access in their own way.

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• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Setup a personal VPN like Tailscale, Wireguard, etc, and it’s no longer remote playback.

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• orbitz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Wait I thought Plex was a program to use like Kodi for your library, it offers streaming as well or something? I’m so behind, but far enough behind I’ve digitized a library of crap that I didn’t assume my file viewer needed a subscription to go with it.

  Saw some features like dimming the lights, well my light is literally above my head, if I don’t want it I can reach up. If I don’t want to reach up it’s not worth paying for.

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  • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s like kodi, but does offer a number of features that either make it better or easier to use than free alternatives.

    One of the main things is simplifying streaming outside your local network. But they also do things like auto-subtitles, skip intro, integration with some other streaming services, account management, etc.

    That being said, that may not be enough for people to warrant the price.

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• WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  How does this affect other linked accounts? Will both parties need to pay?

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  • Brain@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Do I need a Plex Pass AND a Remote Watch Pass?

    No. To stream personal content remotely from a Plex Media Server, you only need one of the following:

    The admin account for the Plex Media Server has an active Plex Pass Your account has an active Plex Pass Your account has an active Remote Watch Pass

    From the blog post it looks like users that share should be fine so long as the server host has an active Plex Pass account. Link

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    • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Sweet, thanks. I have a lifetime pass, but my family are luddites and can’t be expected to pay for access to the family photos and videos.

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