So, why don’t you do that plan yourself. Put aside $50 a month for 3 months then pay for a lifetime subscription.
I just picked your post to respond to after reading this thread (I have been a Plex Pass Lifetime since the first day it was offered so I have always ignored this thread) and I don’t understand it. If you can pay $XX for three or four months, put that aside for three or four months yourself and pay for a lifetime pass.
I think that “i can’t afford” does not means i cant in a month. it usually means that 150$ are 150$ in one or in three or in six months. Even over a year, 150$ are 150$.
For me, for example, it means that i need only the local users for my little son. And no way i’m going to pay 150$ (150€ here) for the ability to make 1 user out of what i already have.
I was going to buy it at the discounted price, but I realized that I already purchased the iOS, Amazon and Xbox, Roku and Samsung apps.
I actually purchased the Amazon app twice. When they updated or changed the app to the free version, it did not recognize my purchase. I redownloaded it and was charged. I am hoping that this won’t keep happening again.
I was told that all of these apps are included with the lifetime subscription.
This kind of thing has happened to me a lot with apps and services with very mixed results.
@pe4nut , haha that sux man!!! even tried checking my email account now so double check lol.
but yes, $150 is too expensive. Have tried contacting support and se if they would give me the $75 discount but that’s not gonna happen.
i’m curious to know the hit-rate from the selected users who have been offered this discount…i on the other hand am willing to pay asap.
Amount of user who will upgrade at $75 will even out the discount offered vs full price of $150 , so its good for the company and good for us not so rich customers as well.
@pe4nut I wonder how long you have to have a plex account for to be considered an original customer. I’m certainly not one who was in at the beginning, but I’ve held my account for nearly 5 years now.
I can justify $100 but not $150. I guess it’s the fact that I was taught to never pay full price for anything. I’ll keep using other solutions and hold out hope for a sale sometime in the future.
I remember when Lifetime was $75 and some wanted a discount. Now it’s $150 and they’re willing to pay $75 without hesitation. Plex always said that offer was limited, but it was like that for so long, no one believed it would go away. If you’re new to Plex now, you just missed the sale back then.
@isaacrdz said:
I remember when Lifetime was $75 and some wanted a discount. Now it’s $150 and they’re willing to pay $75 without hesitation. Plex always said that offer was limited, but it was like that for so long, no one believed it would go away. If you’re new to Plex now, you just missed the sale back then.
Just to chime in Rsava total self righteous a-hole. The only argument you won was making yourself look like an arrogant ■■■■■. Personally I could afford $150, but I refuse to pay more for something than it cost previously under pretty much any circumstances. Prices for most things go down and not up and if plex was planning to charge $150 they should have come out of the gate at $150. I really want the DVR function, but I refuse to pay $150 when others were charged $75 so I will live without it or get it for free when its finished. I could easily pay with cash, but I didn’t pay off my house and save hundred of thousands by paying more money for something than other people. Other people complaining they can’t afford it have just as much of a right and they don’t need some self righteous know it all telling them they are irresponsible savers or that they don’t know how to handle money.
@dwgrilley said:
Just to chime in Rsava total self righteous a-hole. The only argument you won was making yourself look like an arrogant ****. Personally I could afford $150, but I refuse to pay more for something than it cost previously under pretty much any circumstances. Prices for most things go down and not up and if plex was planning to charge $150 they should have come out of the gate at $150. I really want the DVR function, but I refuse to pay $150 when others were charged $75 so I will live without it or get it for free when its finished. I could easily pay with cash, but I didn’t pay off my house and save hundred of thousands by paying more money for something than other people. Other people complaining they can’t afford it have just as much of a right and they don’t need some self righteous know it all telling them they are irresponsible savers or that they don’t know how to handle money.
Whine whine whine. Last I checked, Plex is a company and allowed to charge whatever price they feel is appropriate.
I’m sorry to poke this bear as well, but no one here has a RIGHT to anything the Plex staff make. It is a service/software that takes them time and money to create, therefore THEY have the RIGHT to CHARGE YOU FOR IT!
If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it. But don’t whine or complain that you can’t afford it. If you want it that badly do as rsava said and save up for it.
It’s currently on sale for $119. How many of you croning for a discount have actually made use of that fact???
Most products increase in price over time as features are added and the cost of living goes up. It is why I can no longer walk into a store and get a bag of lollies for 5 cents.
Most of that is because of douches in suits who want a bigger house being at the top of society, but in this case, it is a luxury piece of software that can still be used free.
Either buy it or don’t, but stop begging the developers to make it cheaper unless you’re prepared to help them write it.
I used Plex for 2 years for free - worked great, and finally paid for the Plex Pass for 2 things: 1) sync, 2) Plexmix.
No longer need iTunes except to purchase music (only on sale for $4.99 or $5.99 per album) and clean up the meta data before adding it to Plex.
No longer need the Music app on my phone, no longer need to load up my phone with music before I travel, especially overseas where international roaming is expensive. I can sync albums or playlists while in a hotel in Madrid using Wi-Fi, instead of saying “damn, my Music is in Ohio on my NAS”. Of course my new NAS I can log in and copy the files but then I would have to deal with them on a tablet.
The math was easy = $150/$4.99 per month = 30 months and then the service is free. Assuming Plex lasts more than 30 months, I will get my investment back. It is a good product so I see a bright future for it.
iTunes music match was just too expensive since you could not buy a lifetime package, which is what led me to Plex.
Another reason I went to Plex is my receiver’s LAN card died, so I could no longer broadcast to it using AirPlay. But when I installed the Roku Plex app - it blew away streaming through AirPlay since I get artwork I did not get before, I could control it using the TV remote instead of the Remote app on my phone to control iTunes.
I could go on. My point is - if you really want something, you figure out a way to pay for it.
@TyrannicPuppy said:
Most of that is because of douches in suits who want a bigger house being at the top of society, but in this case, it is a > luxury piece of software that can still be used free.
Things costs more so you ask for a raise or you leave for a better paying job. Boss give you a raise, but they have to raise the prices to pay for it. People buying from you now need a raise because things costs more. Their companies raise their prices to pay for it. Now things costs more so you ask for a raise or leave for a better paying job… Is there a name for this?
I am new to plex, old to concept… I cannot yet understand why plex is better than playon or kodi. Moreover, it is the quote development, that’s completely ruining software I use daily. Browsers are slower and far more obnoxious than ten years ago. Feature parched, compared with 18 years ago. Updates, break, break, break everything. Maybe one in ten updates are a real improvement. Updates nearly ruined my cell phone, but hacking two batteries together saved it.
Firstly, plex is stupid for busting the hundred dollar mark. Most people will shy now. Secondly, simply sell the freaking license, like all other sw, then charge twenty bucks for an upgrade, if by miracle, the developers don’t remove features, bog, or break it in upcoming release. And, by greater miracle, shockingly, add something of real substance - not imagined–worth paying for.
As of now, I think price high enough that I will spend my free hours trying other solutions, like emby. Or write my own.
It is ridiculous that plex costs 3x of the device I wish to buy. The device is both hardware and software. Plex may fix one shortcoming. But may not be only fix. Probably not.
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