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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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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 413 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Thank goodness I got a lifetime Jellyfin license years ago!

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 167 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just keep getting the cracked versions

[–] exu@feditown.com 129 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Eh, I'd rather fork out the money than try the 1% chance GitHub is up to download it. Piracy is a service issue

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Just mirror it locally in that small GitHub uptime window.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 122 points 1 week ago (2 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.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

yeah, the cynic in me thinks they’re just stoking the fomo to get more sales

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[–] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I paid $0.02, but due to the penny shortage it rounded down to $0.00.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 272 points 1 week 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

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 192 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Perhaps you paid x10 extra to get it without ads?

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 150 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 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 59 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Few people even wanted vista for free

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[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 115 points 1 week 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 36 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (4 children)

I heard on AIM that Winamp is good.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 93 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s almost 5 times!

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 76 points 1 week ago

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

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

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

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 64 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Solid shitpost!

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[–] ifmu@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week 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 18 points 1 week ago

JamRudder

I'm dead

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

Does this mean I have to quadruple my donation?

[–] BuccaneerScientist@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 week ago

I am not going to say no.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

lol they got me.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week 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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[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week 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 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

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[–] roundup5381@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait til John Jellyfin hears about this!

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[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 week ago

I remember I got Jellyfin Lifetime for only $0.00 back in like 2018 before that started unlocking all their new features behind a nonpaywall

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

[–] belunos@lemmus.org 26 points 1 week 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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[–] CreativeCider@feddit.org 25 points 1 week 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

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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Any changes to Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (without Ads) this time? They just doubled it last year, if it goes any higher I'm out. I'm not gonna watch ads.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Can I pay in installments?

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

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

/j

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[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Joking aside, I do have a lifetime subscription to Emby, which shares a lot of the same code as Jellyfin. But the lifetime subscription was $99 which I viewed as a thank you donation to the developer(s). In the past 5 years or so it has been an excellent value.

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[–] androidul@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

dammit we have to donate even more now

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll bet they're using dirty rounding tricks too to misrepresent the price. For all we know, it could be as high as 6600 Iranian rials. Outrageous.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

We're going to need to double Bezo's taxes to pay for this.

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