[willio58]

Hop on plex amp. Take control of your music.

I realize that sounds like an Ad but I’ve been using it for a few months and I feel like I’ve rediscovered my joy for music again.

[falkensmaize]

Given that Plex just bumped their lifetime subscription price to $750, I can no longer recommend them. They are clearly more interested in becoming another streaming service, and are I think trying to push out their core users who probably make them very little money.

[willio58]

Interesting, their price bump announcement actually just went and made me upgrade to lifetime (at $250 while I could) instead of write them off completely.

Netflix will never allow you to pay a one time fee for life, neither will any other streaming service on the planet.

Meanwhile, plex is a company that has employees. If I like plex, use it heavily, and want to support them I can do so with money. There are alternatives that are completely free, but I don’t like them as much and the minimal cost for plex is totally worth the value for me.

To each their own!

[afavour]

Their site says $250? https://www.plex.tv/plans/

[jdmichal]

Your very same link also has a huge yellow banner at the top of the page stating: "The price of a Lifetime Plex Pass is increasing on July 1, 2026."

[afavour]

Goes to show how inoculated I am against banner ads I suppose.

Either way part of me feels like it’s for the best. One off payment for lifetime membership of an app that has continual development isn’t a great business model.

[trvz]

It’s worth 750, which is about ten years worth of yearly subscriptions.

Plex is 16 years old and the Lindy effect applies.

[babypuncher]

There is so much good free software out there for playing music that I have a hard time believing PlexAmp is worth $750.

They know it's not worth it either, they just want to push more users to the monthly subscription for that sweet ARR.

[HDBaseT]

As a long time Plex member, on Lifetime (originally purchased for <$100), PlexAmp is great although not worth anywhere close to $750.

If you're paying $750 you might as well use Roon like the rest of the audiophile freaks.

Jellyfin has a Music Server although a bit limited compared to Plexamp.

Navidrome is a Music Server with similar functionalities.

Symfonium is a Music Player which can connect to various Music Servers like Navidrome, Plexamp, or just files on the network.

[4d4m]

Gonna echo this sentiment, its buy for life and a good license

[8note]

is it?

vs a bit of ai slop to make my own music player?

the only things i care about is some essy enough to use upload process, basic serving, then that theres some smart enough local caching on whatever device im using

[colordrops]

OrJellyfin or Navidrome if you want to use free open source that does a decent enough job.

[brian-armstrong]

It's good, but you still have to pay monthly for it. Feels like it kind of defeats the point of having a local collection.