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Jellyfin to quadruple their prices following Plex's price increases (old.reddit.com)
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If you haven't seen it yet, we recently made the announcement that starting July 1, 2026, the price of "Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads)" will increase to $0.00 USD*. There has been a lot of enthusiasm regarding charge backs, and we're simply blown away by the community's response.

As we've had a high volume of inquiries, I'd ask if you could please wait until I'm off the support email shift to reach out about this issue. I've attached our schedule so you'll know when it is safe to reach out.

Thanks, and happy streaming!

*Example price in USD. Exact pricing in other currencies may vary.

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[–] imhungry@leminal.space 3 points 18 hours ago

Fuck you Plex

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 61 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Solid shitpost!

[–] imhungry@leminal.space 0 points 18 hours ago

This post is making fun of plex. Fuck Plex.

[–] nroth@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Am I illegally using the docker container? Isn't jellyfin free?

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Sir this is not Reddit. We read the content here.

Clicks link to Reddit.

... What the fuck.

[–] quips@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago

Its a joke

[–] Upgrayedd1776@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

you authorized the charge already

[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can barely afford to pay attention, now they want 4x as much? Who the fuck can afford 4 * $0 in the current economy?!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's $0 USD, that's like $0CAD plus $0 HST.

[–] trd@feddit.nu 5 points 1 day ago

Dont forget the vat

[–] ifmu@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unbelievable! I just recently switched to and started paying for Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads) to see if I wanted to pay the lifetime license. I’m moving to JamRudder instead! This is a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago

JamRudder

I'm dead

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 398 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Thank goodness I got a lifetime Jellyfin license years ago!

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 159 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just keep getting the cracked versions

[–] exu@feditown.com 122 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, some dude named jellyfin on Github keeps uploading the latest versions

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[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 117 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Yeah, I really missed the boat getting in on it when it was $0.00...

Now I'd better get it at $0.0 before it shoots up to $0 next year.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 269 points 2 days ago

it's a gimmick guys, this is done so the memorial day 75% discount sale sound like a good deal, don't be sheeple

[–] CreativeCider@feddit.org 25 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I bought 10 licenses and will give them away for free. Just answer me the title of your favorite book. First come first served

[–] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

The paid subscription for a picture of Dorian Grey.

[–] keyez@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

The art of the deal. Which I've read so many times I will negotiate you down to just $200 for one of these licenses

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

Das Kapital

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[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 114 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I decided to bite the bullet and just pay the price increase. I will be looking for other services to use before I am charged again. Does Windows Media Player work well for you guys?

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was using VLC, but after they converted their cost into a subscription platform of $0 a month I had to move. Was going to use Jellyfin, but now this... Guess I'm gonna have to start putting all my media on film

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I heard on AIM that Winamp is good.

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[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well that's it. I'm going back to USB sticks.

/j

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 15 points 1 day ago

Back when I was a kid zero dollars.. Er...pesos at the time... Meant something. It meant you could only go up from there.

Now, with all these CEOs getting in the way between you and a good time, now it means nothing! Whatever! Fine make it 10x as expensive! See if we care!

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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DNS Domain Name Service/System
Plex Brand of media server package
VPN Virtual Private Network

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 15 acronyms.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does this mean I have to quadruple my donation?

[–] BuccaneerScientist@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 days ago

I am not going to say no.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 188 points 2 days ago (4 children)

something is wrong with my instance, I'm not getting any ads here

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

To get ads on jellyfin you have to manually download and play them. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 78 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Perhaps you paid x10 extra to get it without ads?

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[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What a ripoff. I’ll be moving to plex thank you very much.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 147 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

This is how you capitalize on someone else's mistake. Made me actually laugh.

It reminds me of Apple's response to Vista's pricing tiers in 2007.

During the Apple keynote that year they said there was going to be an OS X Basic for $129, an OS X Premium for $129, an OS X Business for $129, and an OS X Ultimate for $129.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 57 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Vista pricing tiers were absurd. It still is, but vista was extra.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 92 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is outrageous! Im four times madder about this than I was before!

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[–] nuko147@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

I will wait to buy it at black Thursday.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 76 points 2 days ago

I got the lifetime plan on Black Friday back when it was $0.00 I'm really glad I did that now

[–] belunos@lemmus.org 26 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I recall a lot of people commenting how they were really happy with jellyfin after the plex increase

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[–] kinther@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I bought a plex pass about 5 years ago. I figured it would be a reasonable long term investment. I am starting to think I should have just gone with Jellyfin to start with.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I just got a refund, I'm moving to Real Player

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