The Service That Lets You Build Your Own Streaming Library Just Announced a Wild Price Increase
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The price of Lifetime Plex Pass plans will be increasing to $749.99 on July 1.

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.

  • NastyNative@mander.xyzEnglish
    51·
    21 hours ago

    I used jellyfin but prefer plex and since I use it locally its free and better than jellyfin. If plex ever charges for local use hello jellyfin!

      • NastyNative@mander.xyzEnglish
        1·
        59 minutes ago

        Jellyfin is boring but Im not knocking it since it’s open source and could replace my plex in the future.

    • Belazor@lemmy.zipEnglish
      11·
      11 hours ago

      Do you never leave the house for any period of time where you might want to bring some of your media?

      In short; do you never travel?

      Plex charges for downloading your own media through your own local network onto your own local devices.

      I’m not talking about remote streaming. I’m not talking about downloading media while you’re already out of the house. Nothing about local downloads to local devices should require Plex’s servers, so it should come at no cost to them, which makes it a pure cash grab.

      So yes, Plex does charge for local use :)

      • NastyNative@mander.xyzEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        There are only like 4 movies I want to watch when I’m away from home and they are stored on my laptop. I had plex setup for outside use but didnt use it that much and figured when I did I was only interested in 4 movies. Step brothers - The greatest beer run - the big Lebowski - master and commander! I get em straight from the source Im home at the time why would i use the download feature??