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Given the trajectory of Plex, I would be unsurprised if they decided in the future they were no longer even going to honor existing lifetime passes. Or add new features and lock them out. This is the kind of thing we've seen lots of other companies do with absolutely no consequence.
So I would think real hard before throwing all that money at them...
Hasn’t happened so far, and I’ve heard so many times (since I paid for it 10 years ago) it would
Not saying they will. Just that they totally can, completely without consequence.
No, I’m pretty sure someone would sue them. Not saying we would all get our money back, but there would be consequences