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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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

Just passing by from all, not much of a self-hoster myself, but I do have Plex running in my home. I just never really do much with it these days...it runs, I log into it and access my media. I'm not sharing with other people. I'm not using the other streaming services it tried to show me, etc. It works for now and I'm not invested enough to put in the work to switch to something else.

I will say/ask this though, I have a ton of music (video is secondary for me). I use plexamp on my phone all the time as my primary source of music. Does jellyfin do well with music + mobile pretty well out of the box?

I don't have PlexPass btw

[–] manwichmakesameal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I have a jellyfin server and use manet on iOS and it works perfectly well for me.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (6 children)

no I have not tried it.

the jellyfin community is toxic af from my personal interactions. they're always far more concerned with trying to one-up Plex users or just attempting to be always "right".

not every member is this way, but the loudest among the community certainly makes me think the opposite.

I don't plan on using jellyfin until it's my last option.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

This is why I’ve used Emby for the longest time.

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