Post #3352159

2026-06-19 07:48 UTC

I tried Plex once, before I knew about jellyfin. I just wanted an open-source self-hostable media server with my own media. When I tried it, after installing Plex, I was presented with a login for a Plex hosted account. Iirc that was optional and I skipped it, after that came the nags for Plex pass. Piss off. That’s exactly the opposite of what I wanted out of something like jellyfin.

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@Ghoelian@piefed.social 2026-06-19 07:53

Oh yeah and apparently you can’t stream remotely without a subscription either? If it were a feature they had to spend time on I’d still not want to use it, but I’d understand at least. From the application’s point of view, there is no difference between internet and intranet access. I just saw that downloading the media you already own, using your own infrastructure, requires an even more expensive subscription. How tf did people stick around with this shit for so long.

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@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-19 11:52

My breaking point was to pay for transcoding. Paid for the android app which allowed HWA but then I wanted to watch it on my chromecast TV. Welp gotta pay or bust. So I bust, went through the early adopter pain (early 11th gen Intel Xe gpu, no actual knowledge of linux or docker, little experience with linux and docker) and set it up. Working great since then. Currently restreaming japanese IPTV with jellyfin via an m3u stream at work (and through a mobile VPN router) Not the most stable stream but sufficient

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@AmyAye@nord.pub 2026-06-19 13:16

When I first used Plex, it didn’t even have accounts. I don’t even understand what the account is for.

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