[Larrikin]

Jellyfin continues to be a noticeable downgrade from Plex, but it is chugging along to being as good. If you're already a Plex lifetime subscriber the only logical move is to make sure your library is setup in a way that is compatible with both. There is no reason yet to switch away from Plex, unless you've had that terrible UI forced on you on Roku. I can switch at any moment when ever some MBA decides to enshittify something important.

I have no idea who will ever buy a lifetime pass at 10x what I paid for Plex in 2019. I struggled with the decision to pay $75 back then. There were effectively zero competitors to their product then.

[RajT88]

JellyFin is janky, but free. When something goes wrong, you can fix it.

The big thing is time investment. It is not for people who need it to "just work" - it is very much a tinkerer platform at this point.

[unethical_ban]

Jellyfin hardware transcoding is free, where Plex isn't. Biggest reason I originally switched. Iirc Plex library management and indexing is better.

Oh and user management is local, which I prefer.

[goolz]

Ya this is what I remember alienated me from Plex. Zero complaints with Jellyfin all these years.

[frez1]

yeah, this only applies to lifetime subscribers

[flir]

Plex is trending worse, though (Oh, I see you've mentioned the non-web interface. Carry on then.)