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And it's just going to get worse from here.

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 46 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I'm a Jellyfin guy, but charging money for a product or service isn't what "enshittification" means. As the article says this is just removing a loophole for legacy apps on older devices. The pricing model hasn't changed.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They could have made it peer to peer somehow but are charging just for being a middle man, which is kind of the definition of enshittification

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It is paid ~~productive~~ proprietary software. Use Jelyfin if you want a free OSS media server.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Nothing I said indicated I use it. I was correcting OP for saying this isn’t enshittification.

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