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        Kodi is dated and barely works and jellyfin lacks basic features. I have both jellyfin and plex, I prefer Plex but I have my own server with lifetime bought for $50

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        You can self host Plex and it has more developed features than jellyfin. Sadly, Plex needs a subscription and it’s only worth it if you buy the lifetime on a flash sale.

        I have a very organized Plex server that utilizes as much features as I can, and Jellyfin just lacked a lot of that. Basically that 10% missing is what I want. It’s not bad, if I was to redo everything from the ground up it’d be Jellyfin or Plex, but definitely not Kodi like suggested above.

        Edit: I believe for me it was remote access ease of use by Plex that I use heavily.

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          Sadly, Plex needs a subscription and it’s only worth it if you buy the lifetime on a flash sale.

          yeaaaaaaah, and thats a big nope. Why does one need a subscription or a lifetime lease when you supposedly can self host? Subscription is what brought us into this mess in the first place.

          Edit: I believe for me it was remote access ease of use by Plex that I use heavily.

          Setting up a Wireguard / VPN isn’t that hard, and cuts out unwanted Corpos as well.

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            A VPN setting up for a mother who has no technical experience and lives 3 hours away and a grandparent who’s 80 and lives 2 hours away is indeed hard.

            Most of my Plex was set up to cut streaming and cable on their end, I haven’t fully cut streaming yet… 😞