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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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[–] lando55@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just to say: MythTv is still a thing...

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[–] greyhathero@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Probably going to get hate for this. But I have easily gotten 750 dollars worth of value out of my lifetime subscription. I'm sure they are doing this to drive down lifetime subscriptions and increase month to month. But I legit think 750 over 20 years it's still a legit price.

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

It;'s probably about 800 euro, but that is still 800 euro more than Emby/Kodi/Jellyfin or whatever other altnerative. I had a lot of issues with Plex due to them requiring that proof of ownership thing which didn't really work on TrueNas core I think it was?

Jellyfin is way easier imo

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[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Enshittification in action.

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[–] NastyNative@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I used jellyfin but prefer plex and since I use it locally its free and better than jellyfin. If plex ever charges for local use hello jellyfin!

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