Plex just announced they are raising the price of their lifetime Plex Pass from $250 to a whopping $750. If you don’t want to be forced into a perpetual subscription model or drop a small fortune, it’s time to look at the best free, open-source, and privacy-respecting alternative: Jellyfin.

Jellyfin: https://jellyfin.org/

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