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[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been on a lifetime Plex subscription for the last 15 years. The only nothing preventing me from switching to Jellyfin (I have it running in parallel) is giving elderly family members, who live in 3 other countries than me, access.

If I were to start today though, I would not even consider Plex though, but momentum is a bitch.

[–] UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I used plex for over a year before spending 80€ on a lifetime supscription. So it was a okay proposition for me, espacially as jellyfin still misses features plex had back then.

I switched to jellyfin after plex broke my setup with some verification change. Still missing some features, but atleast i dont have to deal with entshitification.