I was just forwarded this someone in my household who watches our server. That’s it folks. I’ve been a hold out for a long time, but this is honestly it.

They want me to pay to stream content that I bought from my hardware transcoded also on my hardware.

I’ll say it. As of today, I say Plex is dead. Luckily I’ve been setting up Jellyfin, I guess it’s time to make it production ready.

Edit I have a Plex Pass. More comments saying “Just buy a plex pass” are seriously not getting it. I have a Plex Pass and my users are still getting this.

  • webghost0101English
    462·
    11 months ago

    Been using Jellyfin since plex started to annoy me for using it without an account.

    • kalpol@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      Came here to type this and forgot, and thought this was my comment :D

    • SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

      I used Plex way back when it was really just a desktop client that I ran on a Mac Mini. Once they wanted me to make an account with them to watch my own stuff I found a different solution.

      I’ve been on Jellyfin for years and I am sure there are some features that I don’t have, but it works great for my setup. I have a docker running on my NAS and two shield tvs connected around the house. I keep all my content in a codec that plays on the clients just fine and everyone is happy.

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
      25·
      11 months ago

      My god people.

      If you setup Wireguard to use Jellyfin remotely, that would also get around Plex’s fees for remote streaming.

      • webghost0101English
        31·
        11 months ago

        Am i reading this wrong?

        If you use Jellyfin you no longer need plex. You can both host it on your own domain or do the vpn method.

        If you really want to keep using plex then the vpn method will bypass the new restriction but i recommend not staying with software that limits what you can do with it when alternatives exist.