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Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription Plans (www.ign.com)
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Plex has announced a massive price increase on the service's Lifetime Plex Pass. On July 1, the lifetime subscription option will go from $249.99 to $749.99, an increase of 200%. The price hike will only apply to new subscribers, with no changes to monthly or annual subscription pricing.

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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tailscale was suggested above as an easier alternative to setting up a reverse proxy. If tailscale isn't a good option, then I would push forward with getting a reverse proxy setup.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

But the vulnerability still exists with a reverse proxy, which I don’t want to deal with.

So how do I load Tailscale on my Roku streamer?

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I know you're just trying to make a point, but in case you're serious:

You can't install tailscale because Roku is a closed device, so your best remaining options are:

  1. Use a Raspberry pi, old phone, or another device on the network to gateway, using Tailscale's subnet routing feature.
  2. Buy a google TV device instead, which will support Tailscale. Cheaper ones cost $20, with 4k ones starting at $25. Will save you $725 compared to the Plex lifetime subscription
[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, so then maybe Jellyfin isn’t right for 100% of people 100% of the time and people should take the time to ask questions and figure out what software beats suits someone’s need before just yelling out their favorite program that they use that they don’t pay for because why would they, right?

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 22 hours ago

My main point was that even if Plex is the best solution, the $750 lifetime fee was enough for me to put up with some inconveniences of Jellyfin even if it wasn't as easy.

Not saying Jellyfin is better than Plex, but Plex has to be a lot better for the price increase to be justified.