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Not that I want to defend Plex which is definitely enshittifying, but I don't think most people are buying Plex to stream their own media. They're doing it so other people can stream their media. Not wanting to buy a domain and set up port forwarding or a reverse proxy or whatever doesn't seem unreasonable to me. My grandparents are never going to use Tailscale, and even if they did, I don't think there are any Tailscale smart TV apps.
Disclosure: I run Plex and Jellyfin (and Navidrome) in parallel, and bought a lifetime pass years ago.
Yeah, I have been learning more and just got oauth working last week. I found Plex a little after blockbuster went under and I had over a thousand movies and a few full TV shows. I have tried jellyfin but the lack of apps has been the issue for me. But as Plex does more of this it will get more and more worthless.
and they went to a subscription model, in part, so they could get their 'cut' from plex shares.
100% right on for me. It took me years, YEARS, to get my mother to where she would check if USB peripherals were plugged in before asking me to come over and find out why it was broken. Even the occasional slight complications with Plex get her to where she doesn't use it for months unless I fix it for her. Jellyfin just ain't happening with her.