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Re:New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing by Larrikin on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @10:47AM (#48194037)
Jellyfin continues to be a noticeable downgrade from Plex, but it is chugging along to being as good. If you're already a Plex lifetime subscriber the only logical move is to make sure your library is setup in a way that is compatible with both. There is no reason yet to switch away from Plex, unless you've had that terrible UI forced on you on Roku. I can switch at any moment when ever some MBA decides to enshittify something important.

I have no idea who will ever buy a lifetime pass at 10x what I paid for Plex in 2019. I struggled with the decision to pay $75 back then. There were effectively zero competitors to their product then.

Re:New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing by RajT88 on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @11:54AM (#48195030)
JellyFin is janky, but free. When something goes wrong, you can fix it.

The big thing is time investment. It is not for people who need it to "just work" - it is very much a tinkerer platform at this point.

Re:New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing by flir on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @11:00AM (#48194258)
Plex is trending worse, though (Oh, I see you've mentioned the non-web interface. Carry on then.)
Re:New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing by unethical_ban on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @10:50AM (#48194102)
Jellyfin hardware transcoding is free, where Plex isn't. Biggest reason I originally switched. Iirc Plex library management and indexing is better.

Oh and user management is local, which I prefer.

Re:New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing by goolz on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @11:02AM (#48194280)
Ya this is what I remember alienated me from Plex. Zero complaints with Jellyfin all these years.
Re:New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing by frez1 on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @10:54AM (#48194151)
yeah, this only applies to lifetime subscribers