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Is a plex subscription worth it? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to unlock the ability to view content on my mobile device. I can do that with a one-time purchase (payed with google opinion rewards) or with a subscription. I want to unlock the ability for my entire family though, across multiple devices. Do I have to pay the "one-time payment" for every device? If so, the plex subscription might be worth it. Is there any other major benefit to having a plex subscription?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I used to have one. Then I asked myself why I was paying someone else to access my own stuff.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

you're not wrong.. but you gotta give credit where credit is due. Plex does a good job of having a client on every platform. Telling family and friends "search for plex on your devices app store" is a whole hell of a lot easier than having them jump thru all the hoops that it takes for jellyfin to work.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This is the main reason I will continue to use Plex over jellyfin

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Open in browser.

Done. Doesn't seem like that many hoops.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OK great. Now to that on your Roku, Apple TV, Nvidia Shield, smart phone, etc. There aren't clients for every platform and the ones that do exist frankly are just not even close to as polished looking as Plex is.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Fortunately Roku doesn't exist in my country. Jellyfin has apps for AndroidTV, AppleTV and smartphones. It really only lacks an app for consoles

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not a good option, at least on desktop it doesn't direct play hevc

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Through a subscription fee, no less.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So you built your own software to access your own stuff?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because Plex provides you with the user interface to access your own content. Atleast that's how I like to think about it