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[-] StalinistApologist@hexbear.net 40 points 4 days ago

Installed jellyfin this week, it is awesome. My roku found the server and streamed a movie without buffering.

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago

Did Plex enshittify recently? I've seen a lot of people switching to jellyfin.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 20 points 3 days ago

Plex is completely enshittified at this point.

  • You need to pay if you want to share your movies with friends
  • They spy your watch list, and share what you watched with your friends by sending them emails
  • They released a new half broken app
  • They removed the "party" option that let you watch a movie together with friends remotely
  • They're actively trying to hide the personal streaming features in order to push people to their legally (and ad-riddled) streamed movies

So Jellyfin is now the best solution afaik

[-] nfreak@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 days ago

Yep, big time. Basically dead at this point, forcing payments to stream your own content.

I started setting up my homelab last month and immediately went to Jellyfin because Plex just screamed "corporate bullshit" to me. Sure enough, it was the right call.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

Basically dead at this point

For free users though, there are some of us who paid for Lifetime Plex Pass tier a long time ago... I do wonder if Lifetime really means forever though.

[-] Pirata@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago

Narrator voice: "But it did not last forever..."

[-] ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 days ago

They made it so server owners need a plex pass to stream to anyone outside the same LAN. Or the clients need to pay $2 a month if the server owner doesn’t have one

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago

2 dollars just for providing the tunnel service, mind you. A subscription for glorified port forwarding.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

The glorified port forwarding issue is even worthless if you are a CGNAT user, and it is 2025 so I'll assume everyone is.

[-] Carrot@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

For those with preexisting lifetime memberships, things haven't changed yet (outside of basically trying to make Plex a social media thing), but in my eyes it's only a matter of time. Made the switch to Jellyfin this week after having used Plex for 5 years. If I wanted to invite new users to join my server, they'd have to pay $2 a month to be able to watch on their phone instead of the one-time payment of $5.

[-] isgleas@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

Pair it with the arrsuite and chef kisses

[-] frazorth@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago
[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago
this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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