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I see so many here with the argument of 'I already have a life time pass, so this increase doesn't affect me". And in all honesty, that's a mostly logical take on this if you already have it.
However, the signs are clear. This is a first step. I don't believe (and I'm very aware I could be wrong) for a second that the executives are actually expecting people to grab a pass for 750 dollars, but they expect a minimum amount of people to go ahead and do it anyway. Once they see this conversation is dying down, and that no money is coming in on that end, they will switch to another method of getting money (the investors need their money, right?).
From there, the sky's the limit. Charge extra if your instance has more than 3 users, or charge the users that are not you. Cap your quality at 720p unless you fork over 2 dollars per month. Pay for this new AI feature that is not included in your pass. Pay to disable this AI feature that was forced into your pass.
For pass holders there is no problem with this increase, it's what invariably happens when companies start moving towards the money grab path.
We'll just watch from the sidelines and will be here to help you migrate once (not if) these things happen.
Would be nice if you guys could do that quietly. Not every change in how Plex does business needs to echo through social media. We'll let you know when the time comes.
You were on the right track but came to the wrong conclusion.
They’re pricing the lifetime pass out so no one buys it. The goal is to get everyone that doesn’t already have one to get a monthly subscription.
They’re not going to screw over the existing lifetime pass owners because those are the people that helped get the company to where it is today. They’re the people who bought it just to support the product, not because it was needed.