I was just forwarded this someone in my household who watches our server. That’s it folks. I’ve been a hold out for a long time, but this is honestly it.

They want me to pay to stream content that I bought from my hardware transcoded also on my hardware.

I’ll say it. As of today, I say Plex is dead. Luckily I’ve been setting up Jellyfin, I guess it’s time to make it production ready.

Edit I have a Plex Pass. More comments saying “Just buy a plex pass” are seriously not getting it. I have a Plex Pass and my users are still getting this.

    • kalpol@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      Came here to type this and forgot, and thought this was my comment :D

    • SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 day ago

      I used Plex way back when it was really just a desktop client that I ran on a Mac Mini. Once they wanted me to make an account with them to watch my own stuff I found a different solution.

      I’ve been on Jellyfin for years and I am sure there are some features that I don’t have, but it works great for my setup. I have a docker running on my NAS and two shield tvs connected around the house. I keep all my content in a codec that plays on the clients just fine and everyone is happy.

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
      14·
      23 hours ago

      My god people.

      If you setup Wireguard to use Jellyfin remotely, that would also get around Plex’s fees for remote streaming.