I just read Plex is increasing their lifetime pass to $750 from $250 .A 200% price increase. Is this true. Do they want to go out of business or is this a last ditch effort to say in business. Who would be crazy enough to pay that?

[image] Elephant in the room. Lifetime Plex Pass General Discussions Can we just call this what it is? Un obtainable. It’s clear as day greed, the company doesn’t want this to exist anymore that’s why the cost is what it is. I’ve used Plex for years and ha…

They don’t want anybody to buy it, but they don’t want the blowback from going subscription-only, so they set a price point that’s effectively the same as removing it entirely.

Remote Watch is about $30/year. PlexPass sub is about $70/year isn’t it ? Lifetime PP will be $750. If you have multiple clients then a few donations (payment breaks TOS) will make the numbers look positive :smirking_face:

What does multiple clients have to do with anything? One single Plex Pass works for any client you sign in to with the associated account, and for anybody with access to your server to stream from you.

[image] ShotFromGuns: What does multiple clients have to do with anything? If you don’t buy PlexPass. Edit - I thought my post was obvious but maybe not. If I have 20 or 30 or 40 clients accessing my server for material but all are paying remote watch because I don’t have PlexPass, there is…

Oh, I forgot that some people run their Plex server like a business for strangers, not as a way to share media with family and close friends.

WOW, didn’t know I could make money RESELLING plex access to my servers, I been missing out on a lot of money, thanks for the heads up.

[image] ShotFromGuns: Oh, I forgot that some people run their Plex server like a business for strangers There are apparently more than 40 million Plex customers. I’m sure customers use it for various purposes. Some violating TOS. Many violating media sharing laws. Some like me, offering fri…

[image] britsoft: thanks for the heads up. Feel free but that wasn’t what I was suggesting at all. I was making a case for purchasing the Lifetime PlexPass but you knew that. it’s good that you have publicly alerted Plex to your violation of their TOS though :+1:

Lately I’ve been contemplating the statistical probability that any particular thread on these forums will turn in the Internet equivalent of Mos Eisley. It’s trending toward likely,

200% Price Increase?

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