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Plex’s price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 1 month ago by KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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[–] little_tuptup@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Projects like Plex, they started out from the open source community, had free contributions, and then monetized. People are bastardizing open source.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 4 points 1 month ago (8 children)

The reason Plex is as popular as it is is because of their infrastructure and software that lets users stream video and music remotely on any device at the press of a button. That costs money to build and maintain.

[–] FaygoBoozer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Really? Cuz Jellyfin literally does the same thing and doesn't cost money.

[–] chaospatterns@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Jellyfin does not handle NAT punching automatically to point that a non technical user can install an app on their TV, see one or more libraries, and connect to my server across the Internet. This is the biggest problem that Plex solves compared to Jellyfin. I can't expect my parents to install Tailscale or make any changes to their network.

That being said I use Jellyfin. I just don't share it with my friends.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 1 month ago

JellyFin does not do the same thing. JellyFin doesn't securely allow users anywhere in the world on any network to stream your media.

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