Plex has announced a massive price increase on the service’s Lifetime Plex Pass. On July 1, the lifetime subscription option will go from $249.99 to $749.99, an increase of 200%. The price hike will only apply to new subscribers, with no changes to monthly or annual subscription pricing.
The problem with this imo is that having each individual user needing to login with a password every time is kind of just cancer. I don’t get why they can’t just password protect logging into my server and then each user doesn’t need a password every time. Now it’s been a while but my understanding is it’s still basically that way? No one wants to type in a password every time on a TV. That sucks. And if they’re in a multi user household, that’s even worse.
You can use your phone to login to Jellyfin these days and depending on the TV and app you can have a profile switcher. You can also make a passwordless account. Which would be fine if you used some other form of authentication.
Right but afaik there isn’t a way to do that other authentication in the TV apps. That’s where I’m stuck and why I haven’t bothered to set it up again. I was looking into this because of the Plex thing and it seems like it’s still a pain in the ass on TV apps. All the other authentication methods require a web browser if I’m not mistaken.
What’s the issue with using your phone logged into your account to authenticate on the TC?
I guess I’ll have to try it out again and see what it’s like. My main concern is my mom and sisters having a hard time using it. Plex is easy for them and I don’t want to make it more difficult because I’m getting fussy about Plex lol.
Well fair, you can install both at the same time. I installed Plex again earlier today and it was wat easier this time.