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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by ebits21@lemmy.ca to c/jellyfin@lemmy.ml

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Release target is tentatively mid April according to here..

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[-] glimse@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

I plan on switching regardless but let's say I was on the fence... Aside from it not being owned by a for-profit company, why is Jellyfin better than Plex?

[-] kaitco@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago

That “aside” is everything though.

Plex is focused on making money, whether that is from the sale of your data or selling you products. Jellyfin is a community-driven project, so its focus is just on being better because it exists.

With Jellyfin, it’s truly self-hosting as opposed to leveraging a third party to do some of the legwork. Plex “offers” more, but it all comes at the cost of your data, or your data+an actual fee.

Jellyfin is available directly on most newer TV stores, iOS/Apple TV, Android, Chromecast, Fire stick, and Roku. It already takes some work to set up your media library in the relevant structures, so if you’re going to do the work anyway for a self-hosting option, why pay Plex extra for what Jellyfin can do for free since it is an open-source project?