The Service That Lets You Build Your Own Streaming Library Just Announced a Wild Price Increase
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The price of Lifetime Plex Pass plans will be increasing to $749.99 on July 1.

Plex has announced a massive price increase on the service’s Lifetime Plex Pass. On July 1, the lifetime subscription option will go from $249.99 to $749.99, an increase of 200%. The price hike will only apply to new subscribers, with no changes to monthly or annual subscription pricing.

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    91·
    6 hours ago

    Last I looked, jellyfin auth and public facing security were less than ideal.

    How far has that come in the last few years? I have plenty of people using my Plex and it’s been secure. I had heard a public facing Jellyfin wasn’t super secure.

    Honestly, 95% of the reason I use Plex is so I don’t have to manage user passwords and troubleshoot issues for my friends and family. I just grant access.

    • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      5 hours ago

      I moved from the default jellyfin login method to using Authentik as the identity provider. Now its part of my homelab setup where all services have SSO, and I don’t have to create/manage an account for each person for each service.

      • 4am@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        4 hours ago

        Does that break Jellyfin apps on smart TVs or media devices?

        A lot of people seem to have concerns with how Jellyfin handles access control and some have stated that the developers marked some major issues as “won’t fix”. Is there somewhere I can catch up on that?

    • Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      5 hours ago

      I only need my server to work locally so I haven’t messed with that part personally. But I’ve read that setting up tailscale is straightforward and works fine. There are many other solutions to the problem. I would definitely invest a lot of effort before paying for Plex.

        • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          4 hours ago

          Unfortunately, that’s probably not gonna happen without some new hardware.

          You could setup a wire guard at the router (can you setup tail scale on a router? idk). If she’s renting the ISP router, replacing that could save a 100+ a year, depending on how much the isp is scamming her for it.

          or you could repurpose a minipc/nuc from bay and set up a jellyfin streaming box with tailscale.

          If you have the extra hardware, you could also setup a local server with her jellyfin and use wiregaurd/tailscale to remotely connect to it and run backup/sync during off-hours.