---
title: "I already bought the lifetime Plex pass, but the price increase might make me move to Jellyfin anyway"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-already-bought-the-lifetime-plex-pass-but-the-price-increase-might-make-me-move-to-jellyfin-anywa-2iaz0j8tf
source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-already-bought-the-lifetime-plex-pass-but-the-price-increase-might-make-me-move-to-jellyfin-anyway
type: article
source: "XDA Developers"
published: 2026-06-01T12:01:42.081Z
updated: 2026-07-02T02:13:16.162Z
tags: ["jellyfin", "proxmox", "self-hosting"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# I already bought the lifetime Plex pass, but the price increase might make me move to Jellyfin anyway

**[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Plex is tripling the lifetime Plex Pass price from $250 to $750 on July 1, with no new features added. A lifetime pass holder shares why this pricing trend — combined with remote streaming being moved behind a paywall — is eroding trust in Plex. Jellyfin is presented as a now-mature alternative: easy to set up via Proxmox LXC scripts, with solid first-party clients, free hardware transcoding, and a plugin ecosystem that covers most Plex premium features. The author remains on Plex due to sunk cost and CGNAT networking convenience, but has already set up a Jellyfin instance as an escape hatch.

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Tags: [#jellyfin](https://daily.dev/tags/jellyfin), [#proxmox](https://daily.dev/tags/proxmox), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting)

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