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Plex Tripling Lifetime Plex Pass Price to $750 in July
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emulator
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I was a Beta Tester from when it was a Mac fork from XBMC day... I paid $29.99 - ÂŁ18.90 at the time - I still have the email.
Ironically I barely use it now and pay for loads of subs 🙂
Ironically I barely use it now and pay for loads of subs 🙂
Why are you asking that here, what the hell has that got to do with the arrival about the price increase?
I bought a lifetime subscription to SiriusXM when they brought Howard over for $500. Best investment I've ever made.
Free, if you value your time at $0 / hr . Otherwises jellyfin needs tech know how to get it set up, and good luck getting grandma connected with here LG tv that doesn't have a jellyfin app
no it doesn't. There's plenty ways to hate on plex but don't make stuff up. Also, please configure your plex server properly.
RumorConsumer
macrumors 68000
Dangerous move, especially with coding agents on the rise. I would imagine they are at high risk for being easily deconstructed and cloned to an even greater degree than they were before.
I've never paid for Plex in any shape or form but somehow I still have full remote capabilities via Alexa and Android devices. I don't want to pay $750 to keep that and won't.
Agree. I did however buy a Plex lifetime pass in 2017 for ÂŁ95 and it has more than paid for itself since then so I'm happy. I doubt the new increased cost will ever pay for itself.
I was gonna wait until Black Friday to get me their usual half off deal, but I guess not. At least my annual subscription got pro-rated and they only charged me $211. Have nobody to blame but myself: I've had an account since 2016 and only started playing with Plex for real like half a year ago.
I suppose Plex saw the wave of cable cutting 2.0 (people dropping their mass of subscriptions) and decided now would be a good time to cash in on that.
I suppose Plex saw the wave of cable cutting 2.0 (people dropping their mass of subscriptions) and decided now would be a good time to cash in on that.
Ah!!! Some context sure makes things clearer for readers to help understand what you meant.
It’s called capitalism and it’s an outdated system. Either fight for something better or stop blaming capitalist companies to act in capitalist ways.
This topic is so blown out of proportion. People so angry!
First, the Lifetime Pass is basically being discontinued unless you REALLY want it, and if so, there is a price to buy it like it or not.
Second, none of the other prices are changing. Monthly and annual are not changing. Plex is not getting rich by this.
Third, Plex Server is FREE to use. If you want to remote stream your library, for $20/YR you can get Remote Watch from Plex and you're set. That's probably cheaper over time than if you bought Plex Pass $249 if you just want remote streaming.
If you are truly interested in getting Plex Pass and are freaking out at $750, then buy it now as the price change isn't until July.
First, the Lifetime Pass is basically being discontinued unless you REALLY want it, and if so, there is a price to buy it like it or not.
Second, none of the other prices are changing. Monthly and annual are not changing. Plex is not getting rich by this.
Third, Plex Server is FREE to use. If you want to remote stream your library, for $20/YR you can get Remote Watch from Plex and you're set. That's probably cheaper over time than if you bought Plex Pass $249 if you just want remote streaming.
If you are truly interested in getting Plex Pass and are freaking out at $750, then buy it now as the price change isn't until July.
HiVolt
macrumors 68020
It still works fine locally if you don't need to stream it outside of your house.
Plex is pushing its live tv and on demand streaming. Even if you have your server "configured properly", if you go to plex.tv in a browser (which used to take you directly to your server) it shows all their TV and streaming things now. Now to avoid all those other things they are pushing, you need to go to app.plex.tv. If you're using the iOS or tvOS apps, you skip some of that, but the person managing the server does need to take the time to turn off the extras Plex is pushing.
That's what the other commenter was likely referring to. Plex has gone from a way to host your media to something that hosts your media and their tv/on demand things (with that being pushed more because that's what brings them money versus people who are hosting their own media [that and subscription fees like this]).
It also works well outside your house with things like Tailscale.
Have fun with Jellyfin. Also, you are aware Plex Server is FREE? Where did you read it was $700 for local streaming?
Apparently, according to a post above by @Corefile, it works outside your house for free using Alexa and Android. I've got a Pass so I can't verify.
eltoslightfoot
macrumors 68040
Same, and it works fantastic on my Unraid server. I haven't missed Plex and their BS privacy takes at all.
eltoslightfoot
macrumors 68040
eltoslightfoot
macrumors 68040
Right because it's so incredibly difficult to forecast Plex changing their other price packages in the near future based off of this change. It's almost like these companies act all indignant, wait until the tumult dies down, and then boom! Suddenly they are doubling all their prices and removing the free option.
So glad I switched to Jellyfin years ago.