Tim BrayMar 21, 2025

I have my music & movies on a Mac Mini at home and run the Plex server on it (for free) and while driving or traveling I use PlexAmp on my phone to listen to my music (for free) - Plex takes care of the UPNP and so on to make this work. Now, Plex is asking for money for this service: https://www.plex.tv/blog/important-2025-plex-updates/

I think… this seems reasonable? I could run https://jellyfin.org and do it myself I guess, but might be inclined to pay a bit to avoid the extra work…

Important 2025 Plex Updates

Update 4/30/25Since publishing this post we have changed how remote streaming works for personal media libraries, and it is no...

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@timbray Plex has been one of those services I find so useful that I’ve been paying for a long time, just to feel like I’m supporting the project.

(I’ve been getting a bit nervous of some of their moves lately — I don’t want to rent movies from… Plex, for example, but I get it…)

I do worry that one day I’ll have to switch, but a price increase isn’t going to be the thing that does it, at least for me.

Mar 21, 2025 at 5:44pmWeb