I've used both extensively, and I'm 100% on board with jellyfin. Plex is, without question, better. It works better, it looks better, it was easier to set up (

I've used both extensively, and I'm 100% on board with jellyfin. Plex is, without question, better. It works better, it looks better, it was easier to set up (iirc). Jellyfin looks and feels like your typical mediocre open source project. The core functionality is there, and it does 90% of what it should 90% of the time. It's okay. I have many minor and major annoyances, but it works good enough. The reason I don't use Plex is simple: I refuse to make an account to access my own media. I refuse to be advertised to by software on my own server. I don't like their business model, so I politely refuse them and use the inferior alternative. I'm at a point in my life where I find these kinds of practices objectionable and I just don't want to expend any mental effort dealing with it. I'm hosting media that I own, on a physical box in my actual house. Having software require an account on a remote server, or "premium" features, or ads and nags is just beyond unacceptable to me. I don't care that it can be turned off or worked around, it doesn't matter. Plex just isn't better enough for me to justify dealing with a business in any capacity. Jellyfin is free, and it works well enough. Knowing that I control the software at every stage between my sever and my couch is much more valuable to me than the relative minor convenience of Plex.