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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (18 children)

There is a third option, the program that Jellyfin was originally forked from back in 2018, Emby.

Sort of the middle child between the two. Nearly identically to Jellyfin for obvious reasons, several third party apps for Jellyfin work with it as well like Jellyseer, it has apps for nearly every device, and easy external connections via their servers like Plex does.

They do however have a premium subscription system like Plex to support things like those servers. It's not as expensive as Plex, even before the recent rate hike, but it is there and some stuff is locked behind that premium license.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

At this point if I were to switch from Plex I would go with Emby just because a bunch of sweaty nerds don't simp over it every time Plex comes up in the news.

[–] sexhaver87@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look at me guys, I’m contrarian! Look! Look!

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Ironically, this kind of response is exactly what I'm talking about.

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