HappyTimeHarry

joined 9 months ago
[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Sunk cost is more then just money... Every reply here is some variation of "i would switch but i have all my ratings and users settings in plex already and dont know how to migrate"

Which i can understand paying because you dont have time, i just also think its foolish to pay for a service like plex when the main use case is piracy, something a company like plex clearly can not continue to support legally forever.

Eventually the big media corps will decide they need to end all library sharing options and plex will not be able to win that fight.

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Its about $60 more then ive ever paid for any software, and its literally a tool for piracy, why would i pay a company that clearly want to pivot to being a second rate netflix with ads, when i can get what i need for free and not support a shitty tech company.

It was the same thing with realdebrid, its just foolish to think these companies arent going to start cracking down on any kind of "sharing" features until eventually they get removed due to pressure from the anti piracy goons.

If you got your money worth thats great but id rather direct my money to projects that arent trying to profit off pirates until they can pivot to being a legit service and wall out what actually made them good in the first place.

Its clear at this point plex is getting worse and jellfin is getting better. Almost all the replies sayibg they still use plex have a "BUT" in them about wanting to switch and being stuck because they dont know how to transfer this or that (ratings, view counts, etc), which im going to look more into later to see if i can help with.

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Or sunk cost fallacy, but whatever helps you justify paying $120 for software i guess. I dont think its a black and White one size fits all thing, i just have seen this patter before with other software, and it was already happening with plex before the price increase.

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

PLEX is not FOSS, plex is a proprietary fork of XBMC.

My point is that in 5 years a lot of these plex users will wish they made the switch to jellyfin sooner.

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Rookie mistake going for mayor, should have said he was the Emperor.

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 102 points 1 week ago (28 children)

All the folks saying "just buy the lifetime pass" gonna be in for a big disappointment in about 5 years

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Ordered by whom? Last i checked Putin was at the top of the chain of command.

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If that, depending on the type of file sometimes its 10mb

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

If you are unable to afford the fee for a state id then you would be considered indigent and would be able to get some kind of waver for the fee.

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