I got an email today from Plex to let me know about an upcoming price increase for the Lifetime Plex Pass... This change takes effect on July 1, 2026 and
the price will go from the current $250 to $750.

Yep, that's a pretty significant change. Current Lifetime members are not affected, and monthly/annual subscription pricing will not be changing.

If you've been thinking about getting the Lifetime Pass, probably a good idea to do it soon... ;-)


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On 19 May 26 12:38:43, Gamgee said the following to All:

I got an email today from Plex to let me know about an upcoming price increa for the Lifetime Plex Pass... This change takes effect on July 1, 2026 and the price will go from the current $250 to $750.

If I remember a few years ago I was really leaning towards going Plex for all my stuff until some article somewhere indicated it was snooping around with your data. I can't remember where this was, if it was Slashdot or some other weirdo nerdo site.

Not sure if it really was true, but saw enough people jump ship to Emby and be happy, so decided to hold my nose and jump with them...

Atreyu

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Atreyu wrote to Gamgee <=-

On 19 May 26 12:38:43, Gamgee said the following to All:

I got an email today from Plex to let me know about an upcoming price

increa

for the Lifetime Plex Pass... This change takes effect on July 1, 2026 and the price will go from the current $250 to $750.

If I remember a few years ago I was really leaning towards going Plex
for all my stuff until some article somewhere indicated it was snooping around with your data. I can't remember where this was, if it was
Slashdot or some other weirdo nerdo site.

Not sure if it really was true, but saw enough people jump ship to Emby and be happy, so decided to hold my nose and jump with them...

I have also heard that type of thing - that Plex "phones home" to the
masters. Not sure what it sends or how often, but my setup is
small-time and I doubt anyone is interested. Haven't tried Emby but I
know it looks good. ;-) Not sure if it runs on Linux though, which is
a must for me. I've also looked at Jellyfin but don't like the
interface as much as Plex. In the end, they all work. :-)



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On 19 May 26 20:28:15, Gamgee said the following to Atreyu:

I have also heard that type of thing - that Plex "phones home" to the masters. Not sure what it sends or how often, but my setup is
small-time and I doubt anyone is interested. Haven't tried Emby but I
know it looks good. ;-) Not sure if it runs on Linux though, which is

Yup there appears to be Emby compiled for different Linux flavours... I don't see Slackware listed, I think thats what distro you're running?

It seems like none of these media-servers are perfect, theres definately some quirks in Emby but learned to live with them and in some cases work around it.

IPTV and recording my wonderful trashy shows has a learning experience.

Atreyu

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Atreyu wrote to Gamgee <=-

On 19 May 26 20:28:15, Gamgee said the following to Atreyu:

I have also heard that type of thing - that Plex "phones home" to the masters. Not sure what it sends or how often, but my setup is
small-time and I doubt anyone is interested. Haven't tried Emby but I
know it looks good. ;-) Not sure if it runs on Linux though, which is

Yup there appears to be Emby compiled for different Linux flavours... I don't see Slackware listed, I think thats what distro you're running?

I do use Slackware for many things, but also some other distros. I went
and checked, and I see it's available for Debian, that's probably what I
would use for it. Might actually give that a test run when a can get a
round tu-it.

It seems like none of these media-servers are perfect, theres
definately some quirks in Emby but learned to live with them and in
some cases work around it.

Yes, I think all can agree on that. They're like cars I guess, everyone
has their own preferences.

IPTV and recording my wonderful trashy shows has a learning experience.

And has likely expanded your storage capacity, too!



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Hello Gamgee,

19 May 26 12:38, you wrote to All:

I got an email today from Plex to let me know about an upcoming price increase for the Lifetime Plex Pass... This change takes effect on
July 1, 2026 and the price will go from the current $250 to $750.

Yeouch!

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Hello Atreyu,

19 May 26 22:27, you wrote to Gamgee:

Yup there appears to be Emby compiled for different Linux flavours...
I don't see Slackware listed, I think thats what distro you're
running?

I see plexmediaserver at SBo (slackbuilds.org) but no other media server. Dan could cheat, grab the .deb and run deb2tgz on it but that coes with risks because debian's install sacripts are so bizarre these days.

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