Subj : Sale on Plex Pass
To   : paulie420
From : Accession
Date : Thu Nov 27 2025 21:34:02

Hey paulie420!

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:00:34 -0800, you wrote:

 > I hate to say that I might consider this. I tried all the other options,
 > and Plex is just far beyond the rest...

I'm contemplating it also, and for the same reason. I looked at Kodi, Emby, and a couple others just the other day and they kinda look like dogshit compared to Plex. Kodi was the only one I'd give a little credit to, because apparantly you can change the way the UI looks.. so maybe there's some community provided "themes" or something.

 > I hate to have to pay for software, but DO like to support projects that
 > make sense to me - this ones just a bit steep, even @ $150 - but is
 > prolly the way to go - IF it remains a 'lifetime' pass.

And this is the only reason I haven't jumped on the bandwagon yet, also. Since they're currently restructuring their pricing (word is the lifetime pass is going to just about double), and they just took away remote viewing from the free version (which honestly, I'm kinda surprised they had it there in the first place), what else are they going to do?

 > Too many projects have sold lifetime licenses only to change something
 > in the future that breaks the license.

I know you already know this - but it's a perfect example of what you're saying, and why I'm hesitant to jump into a "lifetime pass". They can and will /definitely/ change it if profits are down, or stagnant and they aren't making enough money (which according to "the boards" should increase exponentially with a graph in the very upwards slope direction every quarter. ;)

VMWare had a great FREE version, then took it away while completely restructuring their pricing. Lost thousands of customers, and now offer the free version again. :D

The fact that very high dollar making people make these kinds of decisions without realizing beforehand what the consequences will be, is astounding. I suppose at the time it's more of doing whatever it takes to make "the board" happy.

Either way, I think we still have tomorrow to think about it. To be honest, I may just keep my free version account of Plex. I also don't need transcoding, and had never used it remotely. I just kept it running to watch old stored movies, since we don't bother with DVD or BluRay players any more.

Regards,
Nick

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