Post #41664

2025-12-08 14:02 UTC

Serious question. I have been using the free version of plex for years and been happy with it. I have no desire for remote access and I never consume media on my phone. I just use it to watch TV shows and movies in my living room. I don’t want anything more from it so I’m fine with the free version. Is there anything else I’m missing out on my not using jellyfin? I’ve considered it but to me it doesn’t seem to be worth the effort to switch if I’m happy with the free Plex. But I’m willing to have my mind changed

Replies (4)

@sirico@feddit.uk 2025-12-08 14:25

I would say get to know how to use it at least so you can hit the ground running if they ruin Plex for you.

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@Evotech@lemmy.world 2025-12-08 14:30

For your use case its pretty much identical. I prefer the plex interface slightly. But id rather use open source

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@Lunchtime7778@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-08 15:22

It may have very well changed recently or I could be misremembering, but the reason I switched over was being unable to play certain codecs/media types (types of hdr?) over stream while converting on host… unless I had a subscription. Utter lunacy to want me to pay to convert on my own machine. I’ve since swapped to jellyfin, donated, and am happier for it (and the open source part is such an added plus).

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@Canconda@lemmy.ca 2025-12-08 15:43

I never had issues with it. But when my old pc died I opted to buy the 4k ONN device and store the files on USB.

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