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    Lifetime Plex Pass subscriptions are tripling in price from $249.99 to $749.99, starting July 1, 2026
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    Lifetime Plex Pass subscriptions are tripling in price from $249.99 to $749.99, starting July 1, 2026

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    2. skinwill on

      I’ve been with Plex since they forked from XBMC. Raising the cost while keeping the ads WILL make me switch to something else.

    5. CarinoPadrino on

      Lol fuck off, not paying the equivalent of 3y of Netflix just to remote stream local files 😂 was looking to buy it at a sale but now I’d much rather just use Jellyfin or just upload to the devices to play locally. Also Plex app seems to just get shittier and laggier and the browser “app” is just pure crap.

      My guess: Remote pass failed miserably, hosts just got the pass instead. Now the suckers want to suck the hosts dry to get the profits they couldn’t get with their original shitty plan. 

    6. wanttoseemycat on

      I have a Plex pass and I still quit for Jellyfin. Plex gets worse and worse.

    7. jarrough on

      I think I paid $75 for my lifetime pass. Love the features and simplicity of plex but would never pay $750

    8. aelephix on

      Still no alternative that has a native player on every streaming device with a backend service that handles networking hand-shakes and firewall hole-punching like Plex does. My family on the other side of the country can stream by installing the app on their TV and signing in.

      So far all the alternatives I’ve seen mentioned require VPN shenanigans?

    9. Ok_I_am_Mcbane on

      So forgive my ignorance here but isn’t plex just like a host for your own movies/shows? It’s not like you’re paying this lifetime fee and then you can watch every movie/show that’s come out? Why would anyone pay $750 to I guess make their media library look prettier

    13. momofuku18 on

      So, what if they go poof some day? Your money goes poof as well? $750 is a lot of dollar bills to go poof.

    14. Synbred on

      PSA for anyone looking to replicate remote streaming. Jellyfin (or any Plex alternatives) + TailScale (quick google will get you sorted and it’s dead simple to setup).

      No need for a reverse proxy or any further customization at that point. Jellyfin has a mobile app so you can stream media just like you could with Plex.

    17. Separate_Sea8717 on

      Thanks for the heads up, just got my lifetime pass upgraded from my annual. As it looks I plan to use it a lot, and even more with a baby on it’s way, so I can have the good stuff.

    19. alaninsitges on

      Jesus H Christ that’s a lot of money. I bought mine several years back when it was $100 at Christmas.

    20. ketosoy on

      Can anyone explain to me why it makes sense to pay a monthly subscription to stream pirated content to your TV?  am I missing a significant use case for this software?

    21. ElMerroMerr0 on

      I paid $99.00.a couple of years ago. WTF is going on? triple the price is insanity.

    23. CornerHugger on

      Plex is worth less than it ever has been and their roadmap is clearly about getting ad revenue but sell your eyeballs. So this is a double strange decision. Is subscription revenue that value that they want to destroy the lifetime pass?

    25. lessregretsnextyear on

      This feels like a way to push EVERYONE who was on the fence to buy right now.

    28. metalyger on

      I’m glad I never got into Plex, Kodi is always free and open source, you do need to read a guide to get things set up, but it’s nothing too complicated.

    31. Lizardking1988- on

      If I see one more comment about paying 75 dollars a few years ago…

    37. Appropriate_Cow94 on

      With Plex….. every movie and show out there. Great return if you plan to high seas everything.

    39. jasonology09 on

      I just keep using the old versions that don’t require a pass to access my home library. I’m sure they’ll eventually close that loophole, but I guess I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.

    40. theflyinfoote on

      So happy I got mine awhile ago. If I had to do it all over again I’d go jellyfin no question.

    42. NvizoN on

      Good thing I bought mine right before in anticipation of the first hike. Lifetime for 150 bucks. Got my own 16TB HDD before the AI boom jacked prices up. I’m set.

    43. Metroidman on

      I bought mine last price increase from fomo and still havent even used it

    44. ISmellLikeBlackTea on

      If they ever terminate a lifetime pass I’ll sue the company immediately. It’s illegal to do so in the EU and I’ll start a class action lawsuit on the day of the announcement.

    45. andylikescandy on

      I have all 3: Plex, emby, jellyfin, and had to reconfigure Plex from scratch recently because I hadn’t started up the docker in over a year of updates and dataset drift.

      Honestly I’m unclear what the Plex product is even supposed to be at this point – the streaming features take precedence over any media libraries you set up and the message I get navigating around the UI is that the media library is becoming an afterthought.

      Emby has such a clear lead because it’s sticking to a lane.

    46. VRGIMP27 on

      Remember when Plex was just Xbox media center and didn’t cost a goddamn thing

    47. Boydford1972 on

      Goodbye Plex hello jellyfin…. I cancelled my Plex account yesterday…. It seems that greed comes to all companies eventually

    49. OhioVsEverything on

      Announcing that it’s a month away seems like just a way to get a massive revenue increase over the next 30 days