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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I used to use Plex and now use jellyfin, not so much because one has features the other doesn't, but because XBMC became what they said they never would be. That's going back a ways, but I just saw the writing on the wall a few years ago that Plex had stopped caring about free users, and I was an admittedly free user.

People focus on monetary cost, but there is a price to Jellyfin, which is that you're on your own with all the plumbing. I'm OK with that, but I can see why someone wouldn't want to faf about with it.

Jellyfin will one day become what Plex is now, that's the cycle of things.