https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415
I’ll be sticking to Plex until it is reasonably safe to expose JF.
this post was submitted on 11 May 2026
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You should really not be exposing jellyfin OR plex to the open Internet. It's just asking for trouble.
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You just can’t securely watch anything from your jellyfin server remotely, or let others stream from your server.
The 20+ people who stream from my Plex server have never paid a cent because I have a Plex lifetime pass. In terms of value it’s one of the best purchases I’ve ever made.
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Tried Jellyfin, lacked critical functionality, got Plex, was amazed and got a lifetime pass and never worried about it again
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I find it wild that Plex even got so popular among PC users and not just people who only had a phone and a roku. There have always been better options for PC; the best being built right into the god damn OS so you don't even need other software.
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