I want to unlock the ability to view content on my mobile device. I can do that with a one-time purchase (payed with google opinion rewards) or with a subscription. I want to unlock the ability for my entire family though, across multiple devices. Do I have to pay the "one-time payment" for every device? If so, the plex subscription might be worth it. Is there any other major benefit to having a plex subscription?

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[–] WhatevsBrah@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I used to have one. Then I asked myself why I was paying someone else to access my own stuff.

[–] tinykingdoms@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

you're not wrong.. but you gotta give credit where credit is due. Plex does a good job of having a client on every platform. Telling family and friends "search for plex on your devices app store" is a whole hell of a lot easier than having them jump thru all the hoops that it takes for jellyfin to work.

[–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

This is the main reason I will continue to use Plex over jellyfin

[–] matey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Open in browser.

Done. Doesn't seem like that many hoops.

[–] Pulp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Not a good option, at least on desktop it doesn't direct play hevc

[–] trimmerfrost@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Because Plex provides you with the user interface to access your own content. Atleast that's how I like to think about it