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Jellyfin to quadruple their prices following Plex's price increases (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 days ago by eager_eagle@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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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[–] imhungry@leminal.space 3 points 11 hours ago

Fuck you Plex

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Solid shitpost!

[–] imhungry@leminal.space 1 points 11 hours ago

This post is making fun of plex. Fuck Plex.

[–] nroth@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Am I illegally using the docker container? Isn't jellyfin free?

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Sir this is not Reddit. We read the content here.

Clicks link to Reddit.

... What the fuck.

[–] quips@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 day ago

Its a joke

[–] Upgrayedd1776@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

you authorized the charge already

[–] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 1 points 20 hours ago

If running as rootless docker then it’s free. But, if running as rootful docker then pay up.

[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can barely afford to pay attention, now they want 4x as much? Who the fuck can afford 4 * $0 in the current economy?!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's $0 USD, that's like $0CAD plus $0 HST.

[–] trd@feddit.nu 5 points 1 day ago

Dont forget the vat

[–] ifmu@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unbelievable! I just recently switched to and started paying for Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads) to see if I wanted to pay the lifetime license. I’m moving to JamRudder instead! This is a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago

JamRudder

I'm dead

[–] CreativeCider@feddit.org 27 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I bought 10 licenses and will give them away for free. Just answer me the title of your favorite book. First come first served

[–] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

The paid subscription for a picture of Dorian Grey.

[–] keyez@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

The art of the deal. Which I've read so many times I will negotiate you down to just $200 for one of these licenses

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

Das Kapital

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

Capital Volume I

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago

Back when I was a kid zero dollars.. Er...pesos at the time... Meant something. It meant you could only go up from there.

Now, with all these CEOs getting in the way between you and a good time, now it means nothing! Whatever! Fine make it 10x as expensive! See if we care!

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well that's it. I'm going back to USB sticks.

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 403 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Thank goodness I got a lifetime Jellyfin license years ago!

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 164 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just keep getting the cracked versions

[–] exu@feditown.com 124 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 114 points 2 days ago (5 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.

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago) (2 children)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
Plex	Brand of media server package
VPN	Virtual Private Network

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 15 acronyms.

[Thread #309 for this comm, first seen 23rd May 2026, 14:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is plex an acronym?

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 274 points 2 days 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

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 114 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I decided to bite the bullet and just pay the price increase. I will be looking for other services to use before I am charged again. Does Windows Media Player work well for you guys?

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was using VLC, but after they converted their cost into a subscription platform of $0 a month I had to move. Was going to use Jellyfin, but now this... Guess I'm gonna have to start putting all my media on film

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does this mean I have to quadruple my donation?

[–] BuccaneerScientist@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 day ago

I am not going to say no.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 66 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What a ripoff. I’ll be moving to plex thank you very much.

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 196 points 2 days ago (5 children)

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

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

To get ads on jellyfin you have to manually download and play them. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 151 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 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.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 93 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] nuko147@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

I will wait to buy it at black Thursday.

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 75 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 62 points 2 days ago

No, really. We don't actually need your money. At least, not here and now.

We have over $24,000 in the bank, and with average monthly expenses of only ~$600, that's over 40 months (3.3 years) of runway! So, we have plenty of money for the near future.

Thus, at this time, we want you to seriously consider donating to the authors of Clients you use, instead of (or in addition to) the main project. Client support is the hardest part of the Jellyfin ecosystem to keep going, and most of them are maintained by only a single person or very small team.

Joshua Boniface, project admin

So give that applause-cash to a jellyfin client dev!

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[–] belunos@lemmus.org 27 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I recall a lot of people commenting how they were really happy with jellyfin after the plex increase

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 81 points 2 days ago

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

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