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Plex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year. (www.plex.tv)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I paid for a lifetime membership to Plex in 2012--$75. I stopped using it around 2015, mostly because I hated that I didn't have access to software running on my server, meant to serve my media, without an internet connection. I knew that meant worse was coming in the future.

I don't regret switching to Jellyfin.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I'm not sure I understand the need for charging to play media on a private server when not on the local network. Why is this no longer going to be free? I'm glad I bought a lifetime pass many many years back but I definitely wouldn't pay for Plex nowadays with alternatives being comparable. What a silly choice they made~