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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

What do they need to even learn? How to login using the username you gave them?

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org -1 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Surely you haven't exposed your Jellyfin to the open net, since even the devs admit that that is a terrible idea

[–] klankin@piefed.ca 6 points 18 hours ago

Got a link for the dev recommendation? I hadn't heard about that

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

My Jellyfin is exposed to the open net and it’s completely fine, but users don’t need to know any technical details about that. They just need to know how to login.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org -3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Theres a reason everyone uses a VPN to allow remote streaming for their Jellyfin. The things as open as a barns door, so you should not just open it to the public. Like I said, even the devs say not to do that, its just not secure enough

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 5 points 18 hours ago

You’re just spreading fud. Jellyfin devs actually have documentation on how to expose it to the net. Why would they do that if it were unsafe?https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/networking/

I’ve been using it this way for a couple years now and we are good. Never used Plex. I’m using only Jellyfin. So, I’ll pass on your advice. Thanks.