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4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replaced
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Serious question. I have been using the free version of plex for years and been happy with it. I have no desire for remote access and I never consume media on my phone. I just use it to watch TV shows and movies in my living room. I don't want anything more from it so I'm fine with the free version. Is there anything else I'm missing out on my not using jellyfin? I've considered it but to me it doesn't seem to be worth the effort to switch if I'm happy with the free Plex. But I'm willing to have my mind changed
For your use case its pretty much identical.
I prefer the plex interface slightly. But id rather use open source
I would say get to know how to use it at least so you can hit the ground running if they ruin Plex for you.
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I'm still annoyed that I spent £100 on Plex a few years ago. It seemed like a good investment at the time but I ended up never using it.
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