this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (8 children)

and what the hell do they think they deserve my money for anyway? What feature have they brought server owners over the last... 2 or 3 years? Seriously what have they done for us? Last thing I remember is credit skip - which was years ago now.

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[–] iAmTheTot 18 points 1 day ago

Glad I switched to Jellyfin last year.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who even runs a plex server without a plex pass?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I do. What does the pass even add?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Your users can still stream your content because you have plex pass. This is just notifying everyone who’s on a free account.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Except it notified everyone whether their server has a pass or not. In other words, people who don't need to buy a streaming pass were just told they have to buy a streaming pass.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How is that better? Why is anyone paying to stream your own content?

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