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.

    • xistera@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Why are people so diehard about Roku boxes? I got a $20 android tv box from walmart that handles tailscale and jellyfin just fine. Sounds like it is a shortcoming of Roku, not just Jellyfin.

      • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Support. Features. Ease of use. And the fact that Roku tends to update their devices for a decent amount of time. Good luck in a year when Walmart stops supporting your $20 onn box.

        Buy cheap, buy twice.

        • xistera@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          1 day ago

          lol okay I’ve had this box for 3+ years now. It’s got a decent community for custom firmware flashing, too. Keep coping though.

    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Tailscale was suggested above as an easier alternative to setting up a reverse proxy. If tailscale isn’t a good option, then I would push forward with getting a reverse proxy setup.

      • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 day ago

        But the vulnerability still exists with a reverse proxy, which I don’t want to deal with.

        So how do I load Tailscale on my Roku streamer?

        • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          1 day ago

          I know you’re just trying to make a point, but in case you’re serious:

          You can’t install tailscale because Roku is a closed device, so your best remaining options are:

          1. Use a Raspberry pi, old phone, or another device on the network to gateway, using Tailscale’s subnet routing feature.
          2. Buy a google TV device instead, which will support Tailscale. Cheaper ones cost $20, with 4k ones starting at $25. Will save you $725 compared to the Plex lifetime subscription
          • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            1 day ago

            Ok, so then maybe Jellyfin isn’t right for 100% of people 100% of the time and people should take the time to ask questions and figure out what software beats suits someone’s need before just yelling out their favorite program that they use that they don’t pay for because why would they, right?

            • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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              1 day ago

              My main point was that even if Plex is the best solution, the $750 lifetime fee was enough for me to put up with some inconveniences of Jellyfin even if it wasn’t as easy.

              Not saying Jellyfin is better than Plex, but Plex has to be a lot better for the price increase to be justified.