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Is This The Beginning of the End of PLEX - Is It Jellyfin Time? https://nascompares.com/news/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-plex-is-it-jellyfin-time/
YOU NEED TO BUY A PLEX LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION NOW - https://youtu.be/3TQFJSBWCyU?si=glg7h51g7wA1NEMj
Plex Job Losses - Should You Be Worried? https://youtu.be/iay2pa-3CgE?si=e5Y0_pO4wzHKm0eG
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The Best PLEX NAS Of 2023/2024 – A Buyers Guide - https://nascompares.com/2023/12/22/the-best-plex-nas-of-2023-2024-a-buyers-guide/
Plex - How They Can Turn Things Around? https://youtu.be/C7APJCqBADE?si=O6r5DSXIgQYyhNRr
Plex News Post - https://www.plex.tv/blog/important-2025-plex-updates/?utm_source=Plex&utm_medium=email&utm_content=hyperlink_price_increase&utm_campaign=price_increase_march_2025#price-increase
Plex - How They Can Turn Things Around? https://youtu.be/C7APJCqBADE
Best Plex NAS to Buy in 2024 (so far) https://youtu.be/BrqZVwsU0cY
Plex Job Losses - Should You Be Worried? THE END OF LIFETIME PLEX PASS? https://nascompares.com/news/plex-job-losses-should-you-be-worried-the-end-of-lifetime-plex-pass/
Plex Pass - Do You REALLY Need to Pay for Plex? https://youtu.be/6u9uOL5hXKI
Should You Be Using SSDs in Your PLEX NAS? https://youtu.be/2v4ciy1WJwM
PLEX NAS - How Much Power Does Transcoding REALLY Use? https://youtu.be/Njd21dcZDHc
Video Chapters
00:00 - British Culture & Opening Banter
00:39 - Introducing Alex from KTZ Systems
01:06 - Alex’s Background & Connection to Plex
01:33 - Video Goals: Plex Pricing, Remote Access Fees, Jellyfin
02:07 - Is the $249 Plex Pass Price Justified?
02:36 - Is This the End of Plex?
03:11 - VC Funding & “Shitification” of Plex
04:13 - Plex’s Struggles with User Retention & Monetization
04:40 - Is Plex Still Worth $249?
05:12 - Lifetime Pass Pricing Strategy & Developer Costs
06:32 - Comparing Plex with Rune’s Pricing Model
07:37 - Should Plex Ditch the Lifetime Model?
08:42 - Alternate Strategies Plex Could’ve Taken
09:47 - Locking Remote Streaming Behind a Paywall
10:53 - Plex Remote Access Fees: Fair or Not?
11:51 - The Relay Exception & Infrastructure Use
12:53 - The “First One Free” Strategy Suggestion
13:54 - Should Plex Have Created Plex 2.0 Instead?
15:05 - Plex Versioning & Customer Grandfathering
15:37 - Unraid Pricing Comparison & Strategy
16:38 - Lessons from TrueNAS & Hexos
17:14 - Final Thoughts on Plex’s Price Hike
17:43 - Innovating vs Feature Gating (Unraid vs Plex)
18:13 - Is Jellyfin the Answer?
18:46 - Plex vs Jellyfin: Userbase & Readiness
19:54 - Jellyfin Experience & Remote Access Limitations
21:04 - How Tailscale Solves Remote Access with Jellyfin
21:32 - Family Sharing Challenges with Jellyfin
22:03 - NAS Vendor Multimedia Apps vs Jellyfin/Plex
23:02 - The Hardware Transcoding Controversy
23:38 - Who the Price Change Hurts Most
24:14 - Pros of Jellyfin: Ownership, Community, Transparency
24:48 - Cons of Jellyfin: Client Polish & Maintenance
25:49 - Jellyfin’s App Availability & NAS App Center Issues
26:45 - Jellyfin Scaling Concerns with More Users
27:40 - Could Jellyfin Eventually Need Funding?
28:41 - Home Assistant’s Sustainable Open Source Model
29:48 - Thoughts on Emby’s Direction & Pricing
30:24 - Emby’s Paid Model vs Free Options
31:21 - User Frustration with Emby’s App Paywall
31:50 - Emby’s Identity Crisis Between Plex & Jellyfin
32:26 - Emby Going Closed Source: The “Rug Pull”
33:32 - Why Emby Content Doesn’t Perform on YouTube
34:33 - Final Thoughts on Emby & Its Position in the Market
35:01 - Closing Thoughts & Potential Follow-Up
35:27 - Thanks to Alex & Video Outro
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