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But it doesn't trick you into an account or subscription
by number6 3y ago
But it doesn't trick you into an account or subscription
- afavour 3y agoI found that Plex was pretty upfront about how membership works. I was happy to pay for a lifetime membership given the usage I’ve gotten out of it. (though if I’m honest the lifetime membership concept feels like a bad idea on their side. Despite using their product regularly they now get no more money from me)
- stuckinhell 3y agoThis alone, finally got me and my husband to switch. Jellyfin is FANTASTIC, and I wrote a simple script with ChatGPT to help with tagging and metadata for our home collection.
- grep_name 3y agoWhat does it do exactly? I'm always always looking to improve my jellyfin setup
- stuckinhell 3y agocorrects metadata, and adds some custom stuff like our own reviews from our family google account spreadsheet.
- n0zmer 3y agoTwo things that work OOTB with Plex, might I add.
- stuckinhell 3y agoNot for me they didn't.
- apexalpha 3y agoCan't say I've ever had to script anything for Plex.
- asylteltine 3y agoWhere’s the trick? Pretty much every feature a typical user would use is free. Everything else is clearly outlined on their website. Just because you don’t want to pay for software you use doesn’t mean it’s a trick.
- n0zmer 3y agoI paid for lifetime over 7 years ago. So, I'm not worried about that.
- RoyGBivCap 3y agoAnd it doesn't require internet access to watch things on your local network. That was the last straw for me with plex. Having to log into a server on the internet to access local content isn't just bad, it's broken by design just like DRM.
- donatj 3y agoWhy? Do you not have an internet connection?
- RoyGBivCap 3y agoMy ISP went down. Nothing I could do about it.
- donatj 3y agoAnd you couldn’t just play the video over smb in VLC for the ten minutes it was down? Like it really seems like a non-issue that a paid SAAS would expect an internet connection.
- RoyGBivCap 3y agoThe server is running on my local network. It was blocking watching content on my local network from within my local network because it couldn't phone home. That's broken by design.
- number6 3y agoWhy does it have to be a paid says? It's locally hosted
- donatj 3y agoBecause developers have to eat? And my experience with Plex is that they handle all the network negotiation so you can smoothly stream from home anywhere, that’s the core of the service.