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Jellyfin people who constantly ask “have you tried Jellyfin?” have never used Plex and don’t know what they are missing out on.
I have Emby lifetime. I have Plex lifetime. I try Jellyfin every year.
Plex wins always. Emby is second. Would not recommend Jellyfin.
What am I missing out on? I don't mean this in a mean way, I think you are correct that I don't know and am legitimately curious.
Plex has a broader range of supported devices, a slightly better user interface, and provides a path to sharing your library using logins for friends and family, with https so the traffic is encrypted. You can share your movie collection with Grandma without her getting FBI piracy warnings from her ISP.
I don't use it because it costs money and it is a very simple vector to get in a lot of legal trouble, should any US government agencies put enough pressure on them to gain access to user data, because your streams pass through Plex's servers to make the connection.
So far though, it has been safe and reliable for the majority of its users.
If the other two cost money, and I'm happy on Jellyfin, maybe ignorance is bliss.
Yeah, I'd like to know too (but won't be using proprietary stuff just to find out).
Same on your rankings and I also run all three.
I’m curious why Plex wins. In my experience, Plex offers no customization and very few options for changing the UI. My impression is it’s very hard to use if your media includes more than movies or TV.