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Jellyfin to quadruple their prices following Plex's price increases (old.reddit.com)
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If you haven't seen it yet, we recently made the announcement that starting July 1, 2026, the price of "Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads)" will increase to $0.00 USD*. There has been a lot of enthusiasm regarding charge backs, and we're simply blown away by the community's response.

As we've had a high volume of inquiries, I'd ask if you could please wait until I'm off the support email shift to reach out about this issue. I've attached our schedule so you'll know when it is safe to reach out.

Thanks, and happy streaming!

*Example price in USD. Exact pricing in other currencies may vary.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

Can I pay in installments?

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 hour ago

This is outrageous! Im four times madder about this than I was before!

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 hour ago

Joking aside, I do have a lifetime subscription to Emby, which shares a lot of the same code as Jellyfin. But the lifetime subscription was $99 which I viewed as a thank you donation to the developer(s). In the past 5 years or so it has been an excellent value.

[–] roundup5381@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 hours ago

Wait til John Jellyfin hears about this!

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 150 points 4 hours ago

it's a gimmick guys, this is done so the memorial day 75% discount sale sound like a good deal, don't be sheeple

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 194 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Thank goodness I got a lifetime Jellyfin license years ago!

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 47 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, I really missed the boat getting in on it when it was $0.00...

Now I'd better get it at $0.0 before it shoots up to $0 next year.

[–] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 minutes ago

I paid $0.02, but due to the penny shortage it rounded down to $0.00.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago

yeah, the cynic in me thinks they’re just stoking the fomo to get more sales

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 77 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I just keep getting the cracked versions

[–] exu@feditown.com 39 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, some dude named jellyfin on Github keeps uploading the latest versions

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, I'd rather fork out the money than try the 1% chance GitHub is up to download it. Piracy is a service issue

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Just mirror it locally in that small GitHub uptime window.

[–] Admax@social.tchncs.de 9 points 3 hours ago

@Zachariah
@eager_eagle
Have you not heard ? They will stop honoring it after the next update for totally reasonable reasons.
If you are quick you could get the special 20% off discount on your first month that they are offering to their highly esteemed lifetime subscribers !

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 48 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

This is how you capitalize on someone else's mistake. Made me actually laugh.

It reminds me of Apple's response to Vista's pricing tiers in 2007.

During the Apple keynote that year they said there was going to be an OS X Basic for $129, an OS X Premium for $129, an OS X Business for $129, and an OS X Ultimate for $129.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 56 minutes ago

Few people even wanted vista for free

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 3 hours ago

Vista pricing tiers were absurd. It still is, but vista was extra.

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 hours ago

I'd rather donate $750 to Jellyfin than pay $750 to Plex for Lifetime.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 97 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

something is wrong with my instance, I'm not getting any ads here

[–] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 minutes ago

Thank goodness your subscription fees fund a quick and helpful support department! Open a ticket and they should help restore your ads!

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 41 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps you paid x10 extra to get it without ads?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Ooh, good deal.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 44 points 4 hours ago

I got the lifetime plan on Black Friday back when it was $0.00 I'm really glad I did that now

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 hours ago

I remember I got Jellyfin Lifetime for only $0.00 back in like 2018 before that started unlocking all their new features behind a nonpaywall

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 36 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

lol they got me.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Any changes to Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (without Ads) this time? They just doubled it last year, if it goes any higher I'm out. I'm not gonna watch ads.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago

I heard that it was going 10x 🤪. My suggestion get a pihole and don’t pay the, checks calculation $0.00, plus you get ad blocking on a lot of the web.

[–] androidul@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago

dammit we have to donate even more now

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 hours ago

See, Jellyfin is just as bad as Plex. /s

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Ham and cheese sandwich.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 1 points 23 minutes ago

Up vote for the one person who read to the end. I'm currently having breakfast so I can't contribute.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 15 points 4 hours ago

I'll bet they're using dirty rounding tricks too to misrepresent the price. For all we know, it could be as high as 6600 Iranian rials. Outrageous.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 hours ago

I'm never paying for that. Another Open Source software enshit...

Wait, never mind, my wife canceled out JF subscription to be able to buy q new purse and some shoes.

Carry on boys.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I know I'll be downvoted to oblivion but I've never had good luck with jellyfin. Plex has a lot of issues but in terms of just working, it's been far superior ime.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago

Have you tried trying again?