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Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription Plans (www.ign.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

It's essentially a one time fee for an indefinite service of handling the vpn side of the setup.

I use Jellyfin on my local network and plex externally because I don't know how to route specific traffic with openvpn on my phone and can't be bothered switching it off and on when streaming things πŸ˜…

I'm not sure how it's sustainable, and am surprised they still offer the life pass at all though.

I guess a lot of people buy it who don't need it?

I still probably wouldn't pay the current price for it though, I got it about a decade ago lol.

Oh also plexamp has a better UX than jellyfin for music, but I don't think that alone would justify the current price.

[–] Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You're not wrong. I would just rather learn Headscale or nginx or any other option than pay that Plex subscription. But I'm sure there are people out there who have extremely valuable time and wouldn't hesitate to fork over 750.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 4 points 4 weeks ago

ah yeah, I paid $50, not $750 πŸ˜‚

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I don’t believe plex pass acts as a vpn.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 4 points 4 weeks ago

yeah but it removes the need for one in most use cases

[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

It kinda does when streaming remotely, if you don't have any open ports it gets routed through Plex's servers

It's not literally a VPN no but it does route data