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[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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...

[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Hasn’t happened so far, and I’ve heard so many times (since I paid for it 10 years ago) it would

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Not saying they will. Just that they totally can, completely without consequence.

[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

No, I’m pretty sure someone would sue them. Not saying we would all get our money back, but there would be consequences