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Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin
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- 0••Add Android Authority on Google Robert Triggs / Android Authority Plex will soon charge you even more to stream your own media over the internet.
- The very concept of being charged a subscription fee to access your own media rubs me the wrong way.
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0••Add Android Authority on Google Robert Triggs / Android Authority Plex will soon charge you even more to stream your own media over the internet. While I’m not a fan of schadenfreude, decisions like this do make me feel vindicated about my choice to adopt Jellyfin instead of Plex several years ago.
The very concept of being charged a subscription fee to access your own media rubs me the wrong way. It’s an anathema to the whole self-hosted ethos and a bid to escape the spiraling costs of music and video subscription services. If Netflix isn’t getting my money for original programming, I’m certainly not handing Plex cash to rewatch my old Spaced DVDs.
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