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Jellyfin to quadruple their prices following Plex's price increases (old.reddit.com)
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If you haven't seen it yet, we recently made the announcement that starting July 1, 2026, the price of "Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads)" will increase to $0.00 USD*. There has been a lot of enthusiasm regarding charge backs, and we're simply blown away by the community's response.

As we've had a high volume of inquiries, I'd ask if you could please wait until I'm off the support email shift to reach out about this issue. I've attached our schedule so you'll know when it is safe to reach out.

Thanks, and happy streaming!

*Example price in USD. Exact pricing in other currencies may vary.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 80 points 1 hour ago

it's a gimmick guys, this is done so the memorial day 75% discount sale sound like a good deal, don't be sheeple

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 123 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Thank goodness I got a lifetime Jellyfin license years ago!

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 20 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

Yeah, I really missed the boat getting in on it when it was $0.00...

Now I'd better get it at $0.0 before it shoots up to $0 next year.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 50 minutes ago

yeah, the cynic in me thinks they’re just stoking the fomo to get more sales

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 49 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I just keep getting the cracked versions

[–] exu@feditown.com 19 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah, some dude named jellyfin on Github keeps uploading the latest versions

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 minutes ago

Eh, I'd rather fork out the money than try the 1% chance GitHub is up to download it. Piracy is a service issue

[–] Admax@social.tchncs.de 3 points 51 minutes ago

@Zachariah
@eager_eagle
Have you not heard ? They will stop honoring it after the next update for totally reasonable reasons.
If you are quick you could get the special 20% off discount on your first month that they are offering to their highly esteemed lifetime subscribers !

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 24 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

This is how you capitalize on someone else's mistake. Made me actually laugh.

It reminds me of Apple's response to Vista's pricing tiers in 2007.

During the Apple keynote that year they said there was going to be an OS X Basic for $129, an OS X Premium for $129, an OS X Business for $129, and an OS X Ultimate for $129.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 58 minutes ago

Vista pricing tiers were absurd. It still is, but vista was extra.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 66 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

something is wrong with my instance, I'm not getting any ads here

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 30 points 1 hour ago

Perhaps you paid x10 extra to get it without ads?

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 7 points 58 minutes ago

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 7 points 53 minutes ago

I'd rather donate $750 to Jellyfin than pay $750 to Plex for Lifetime.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 28 points 1 hour ago

I got the lifetime plan on Black Friday back when it was $0.00 I'm really glad I did that now

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 hour ago

See, Jellyfin is just as bad as Plex. /s

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 hour ago

I remember I got Jellyfin Lifetime for only $0.00 back in like 2018 before that started unlocking all their new features behind a nonpaywall

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 29 minutes ago

I know I'll be downvoted to oblivion but I've never had good luck with jellyfin. Plex has a lot of issues but in terms of just working, it's been far superior ime.

[–] androidul@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago

dammit we have to donate even more now

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

lol they got me.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 0 points 18 minutes ago

huh, funny. if Plex did something like this all the jellies would lose their fucking minds.

but no, y'all keep rolling around in the toxic waste dump you call jellyfin.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Any changes to Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (without Ads) this time? They just doubled it last year, if it goes any higher I'm out. I'm not gonna watch ads.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

I heard that it was going 10x 🤪. My suggestion get a pihole and don’t pay the, checks calculation $0.00, plus you get ad blocking on a lot of the web.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago

I'll bet they're using dirty rounding tricks too to misrepresent the price. For all we know, it could be as high as 6600 Iranian rials. Outrageous.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 hour ago

I'm never paying for that. Another Open Source software enshit...

Wait, never mind, my wife canceled out JF subscription to be able to buy q new purse and some shoes.

Carry on boys.