And Jellyfin downloads start spiking.
Huh, coincidence I guess.
The only thing keeping me with Plex (bought lifetime like 10 years ago) is that I serve content to elderly family members in two different countries other than the one I live in.
Otherwise I'd be Jellyfin all the way!
And this right here is exactly why I chose Jellyfin. If it's owned by a company it will just get worse over time.
It was definitely worth it for the $40 I paid a long time ago. I used it a little longer than desired because Jellyfin's DVR support wasn't always there. It is now and i haven't used Plex in over a year.
IMHO, Jellyfin needs a bit better UI, but Plex is actively making theirs worse, so...
I think i paid $75 or $90 probably a decade ago or more now and think it was worth it, and still use it, but $750 is just nuts. At this price, they clearly don't want anyone actually buying it but without having to face the backlash of outright removing the option altogether. I would imagine one of their next steps will be to remove or restrict people like me who bought it long ago. We'll probably get locked to a specific version that comes out right before some major update that fixes long held issues that people have complained about for years.
I would switch to Jellyfin but Plex makes sharing secure and easy and it is full of great features for the price I paid long ago. I also have a lifetime pass with Emby that I bought during a dark period of Plex but they also went closed source (which spawned Jellyfin into existence) and always felt much less refined than Plex in most areas.
I paid like 75 euros for it a long time ago
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