Plex is 16 years old and the Lindy effect applies.
They know it's not worth it either, they just want to push more users to the monthly subscription for that sweet ARR.
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.
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
They know it's not worth it either, they just want to push more users to the monthly subscription for that sweet ARR.