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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.

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[–] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I got this on Black Friday many years ago for ~70 and despite the pass I am slowly moving over to Jellyfin. I really don't see how they came up with this valuation, seems like a last money squeeze before abandoning ship.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 8 points 3 days ago

They don’t want lifetime licenses to sell, they want monthly subscriptions from everyone.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Everything changed when they signed that A24 deal, and its not even the good movies, its the shitty also-rans. They want revenue now.

[–] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I wish them luck, but it seems despite all the data collection they failed to understand who their customers are. Idgaf about their content, I block and remove it where I can. Instead now we have content that will not convince anyone to cancel their Netflix or HBO to move to them and I have a home server that barely runs anymore because the software is so bloated.