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Jellyfin to quadruple their prices following Plex's price increases (old.reddit.com)

submitted 3 months ago by eager_eagle@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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If you haven't seen it yet, we recently made the announcement that starting July 1, 2026, the price of "Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads)" will increase to $0.00 USD*. There has been a lot of enthusiasm regarding charge backs, and we're simply blown away by the community's response.

As we've had a high volume of inquiries, I'd ask if you could please wait until I'm off the support email shift to reach out about this issue. I've attached our schedule so you'll know when it is safe to reach out.

Thanks, and happy streaming!

*Example price in USD. Exact pricing in other currencies may vary.

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 306 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Thank goodness I got a lifetime Jellyfin license years ago!

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 110 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just keep getting the cracked versions

[–] exu@feditown.com 93 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, some dude named jellyfin on Github keeps uploading the latest versions

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I'd rather fork out the money than try the 1% chance GitHub is up to download it. Piracy is a service issue

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Just mirror it locally in that small GitHub uptime window.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 81 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I really missed the boat getting in on it when it was $0.00...

Now I'd better get it at $0.0 before it shoots up to $0 next year.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

yeah, the cynic in me thinks they’re just stoking the fomo to get more sales

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[–] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I paid $0.02, but due to the penny shortage it rounded down to $0.00.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 194 points 3 months ago

it's a gimmick guys, this is done so the memorial day 75% discount sale sound like a good deal, don't be sheeple

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 147 points 3 months ago (4 children)

something is wrong with my instance, I'm not getting any ads here

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 50 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps you paid x10 extra to get it without ads?

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 120 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

This is how you capitalize on someone else's mistake. Made me actually laugh.

It reminds me of Apple's response to Vista's pricing tiers in 2007.

During the Apple keynote that year they said there was going to be an OS X Basic for $129, an OS X Premium for $129, an OS X Business for $129, and an OS X Ultimate for $129.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Vista pricing tiers were absurd. It still is, but vista was extra.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Few people even wanted vista for free

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[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I decided to bite the bullet and just pay the price increase. I will be looking for other services to use before I am charged again. Does Windows Media Player work well for you guys?

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I heard on AIM that Winamp is good.

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[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was using VLC, but after they converted their cost into a subscription platform of $0 a month I had to move. Was going to use Jellyfin, but now this... Guess I'm gonna have to start putting all my media on film

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 66 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is outrageous! Im four times madder about this than I was before!

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s almost 5 times!

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[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 49 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What a ripoff. I’ll be moving to plex thank you very much.

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[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 49 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'd rather donate $750 to Jellyfin than pay $750 to Plex for Lifetime.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 48 points 3 months ago

No, really. We don't actually need your money. At least, not here and now.

We have over $24,000 in the bank, and with average monthly expenses of only ~$600, that's over 40 months (3.3 years) of runway! So, we have plenty of money for the near future.

Thus, at this time, we want you to seriously consider donating to the authors of Clients you use, instead of (or in addition to) the main project. Client support is the hardest part of the Jellyfin ecosystem to keep going, and most of them are maintained by only a single person or very small team.

Joshua Boniface, project admin

So give that applause-cash to a jellyfin client dev!

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 47 points 3 months ago

I got the lifetime plan on Black Friday back when it was $0.00 I'm really glad I did that now

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Solid shitpost!

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

lol they got me.

[–] ifmu@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unbelievable! I just recently switched to and started paying for Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads) to see if I wanted to pay the lifetime license. I’m moving to JamRudder instead! This is a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!

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[–] kinther@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I bought a plex pass about 5 years ago. I figured it would be a reasonable long term investment. I am starting to think I should have just gone with Jellyfin to start with.

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[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can barely afford to pay attention, now they want 4x as much? Who the fuck can afford 4 * $0 in the current economy?!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's $0 USD, that's like $0CAD plus $0 HST.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does this mean I have to quadruple my donation?

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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I just got a refund, I'm moving to Real Player

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[–] roundup5381@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wait til John Jellyfin hears about this!

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[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 months ago

I remember I got Jellyfin Lifetime for only $0.00 back in like 2018 before that started unlocking all their new features behind a nonpaywall

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well that's it. I'm going back to USB sticks.

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[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Joking aside, I do have a lifetime subscription to Emby, which shares a lot of the same code as Jellyfin. But the lifetime subscription was $99 which I viewed as a thank you donation to the developer(s). In the past 5 years or so it has been an excellent value.

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[–] belunos@lemmus.org 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I recall a lot of people commenting how they were really happy with jellyfin after the plex increase

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

I am really happy with Jellyfin after giving up on Plex, after realizing they really do not care about their customers/users. We have a bug on LG TVs where Plex is incredibly sluggish, both to start up and to navigate. Even moving between elements on a single screen takes like 1.5 seconds.

Been a known bug to the developers for about a decade going by the forums. Devs have responded to this. They won't respond anymore. They don't care.

I openly suggested in the forum posts there, that people should move to Jellyfin, and that I was doing the same. Enough is enough. Plex used to be quite performance on my TV.

Jellyfin just flies, with the exact same library access.

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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Any changes to Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (without Ads) this time? If it goes any higher I'm out, I'm not gonna watch ads.

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[–] CreativeCider@feddit.org 20 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I bought 10 licenses and will give them away for free. Just answer me the title of your favorite book. First come first served

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[–] androidul@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

dammit we have to donate even more now

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Can I pay in installments?

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

WHEREZ DO SUBSCRIBE JELLYFLIN?

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[–] nuko147@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

I will wait to buy it at black Thursday.

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