Existing Lifetime Plex Pass memberships are unaffected by the upcoming price hike; if you already locked in your sub at a lower rate, you won’t have to pay any additional fees, and your service isn’t changing
For now.
It’d be mildly annoying to have to switch to Jellyfin, or some other option, but I have no qualms ditching Plex if it turns to crap. Don’t ever give into the sink cost fallacy.
Why not run both? It’s what I do. Then if there’s an issue with Plex you can use Jellyfin. Running both has helped friends who have an issue with Plex as well, and not needing to rely on their auth has been nice when they’ve had issues with it
Time to set up a Linux stream box that does support it (and whatever else I want).
This is the way. I made a tiny PC to use with my dumb TV, and I can’t understand why anyone would do anything else (except for laziness, I understand that).
I plan on replacing it with the steam box, if it turns out to be functional for streaming.
Yeah a cheap Roku box or stick will run a jellyfin or emby client. I run these.
Though I know some people are complaining about Roku lately, their connection requirements etc. I wished there was a Roku equivalent that was open source. Like an open source clone of the Roku OS you could flash on to Roku hardware. Or jailbreak it or something.
It’s probably a Samsung Tizen model TV. Samsung has a few different TV OSes, and apparently the official app for the Tizen model has been caught up in Samsung’s internal approvals process for literal years now.
There now is a real app dor samsung tizen and before that you could sideload one from github (though thats a different flavor of technical then a docker server)
The Jellyfin official app for Tizen TVs has been available through the Samsung store for several months now.
I was considering a Plex sub to make things easier to share my collection with family and friends who aren’t tech savvy enough to sideload stuff and the second that the Tizen app was approved, I closed the Plex chapter of my life forever.
Sure, but on top of a horrible system, the US also shits on privacy, personal rights, people,…As a bonus kinda.
Also the worst of the worst of the companies that fuck this planet raw and kill the web and the future for us all, are US-american.
For now.
It’d be mildly annoying to have to switch to Jellyfin, or some other option, but I have no qualms ditching Plex if it turns to crap. Don’t ever give into the sink cost fallacy.
Why not run both? It’s what I do. Then if there’s an issue with Plex you can use Jellyfin. Running both has helped friends who have an issue with Plex as well, and not needing to rely on their auth has been nice when they’ve had issues with it
I moved to Jellyfin a while back and I’ve really enjoyed it. Maybe not better, but on par with Plex in most respects.
That’s the thing: it doesn’t have to be better since it’s 100% free. It could be considerably worse and still be the better choice for the price.
The fact that it’s mostly on par is absolute gravy.
Very good point. I definitely moved over in protest of Plex’s rug pull, so fuck them.
Already happened years ago!
The only reason I’m still using plex is the smart TV I have doesn’t support Jellyfin.
Time to set up a Linux stream box that does support it (and whatever else I want).
This is the way. I made a tiny PC to use with my dumb TV, and I can’t understand why anyone would do anything else (except for laziness, I understand that).
I plan on replacing it with the steam box, if it turns out to be functional for streaming.
Roku has a jellyfin app. In case you didn’t want to setup up your own Linux stream box
Yeah a cheap Roku box or stick will run a jellyfin or emby client. I run these.
Though I know some people are complaining about Roku lately, their connection requirements etc. I wished there was a Roku equivalent that was open source. Like an open source clone of the Roku OS you could flash on to Roku hardware. Or jailbreak it or something.
Roku added like 4 new ads on the homepage recently in canada
There is the HDMI pi cm4 carrier board and projects like OSMC (Open Source Media Center)
If there were, I’d soooo develop for it.
Not sure what tv that is but some have clients that can be side loaded.
It’s probably a Samsung Tizen model TV. Samsung has a few different TV OSes, and apparently the official app for the Tizen model has been caught up in Samsung’s internal approvals process for literal years now.
There now is a real app dor samsung tizen and before that you could sideload one from github (though thats a different flavor of technical then a docker server)
The Jellyfin official app for Tizen TVs has been available through the Samsung store for several months now.
I was considering a Plex sub to make things easier to share my collection with family and friends who aren’t tech savvy enough to sideload stuff and the second that the Tizen app was approved, I closed the Plex chapter of my life forever.
It’s a US-American company, of course it will turn to crap. Enshittification is everywhere.
This has little to do with the country it’s based in and everything to do with the economic system it exists in.
Sure, but on top of a horrible system, the US also shits on privacy, personal rights, people,…As a bonus kinda. Also the worst of the worst of the companies that fuck this planet raw and kill the web and the future for us all, are US-american.
No doubt. Just saying If you’re in the capitalist world, it’s coming to you too.