Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"?
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 10 hours ago
first, id like to say.. fuck plex. friends dont let friends use plex.
that said, im the guy youre talkin about. i have a massive personal video library i push into a front-end that i share with friends and family.. even some coworkers.
the fact is, storage is very cheap now... throw in the very mature applications for obtaining/servicing the stuff stored therein it becomes trivial for guys like me to spread the wealth.
data hoarders like me are people that dont appreciate having to rely on other people for our shit.. streaming? only from our own servers. there are lots of us
friends dont let friends use plex
Emby and Jellyfin still don’t have Apple TV Apps. Many of us bought a Lifetime Plex Pass ages ago and it still does what it’s supposed to. Migrating / starting over with something else is quite an undertaking when what you already have is working fine.
storage is very cheap now
In what universe? I bought two refurbished 12TB enterprise HDDs for $80 USD each back in 2024. The same type of disks are now $250+ each.
Jellyfin does have Apple TV apps. Two.
Jellyfin still don’t have Apple TV Apps
I can heartily recommend Infuse for accessing both Plex and Jellyfin on Apple TV.
I do have Infuse and the pro subscription!
It’s not really a “first party” (for lack of a better term) solution so the UI is not consistent with the other apps.
Personally, I don’t really like Infuse’s UI arrangement and use it exclusively for content that has Dolby Atmos.
Many of my friends / family aren’t all that techy, usability is key and having access to that content through a single app / single name is pretty important.
im runnin 3 sets of 6x4TB. cheap.
i wouldnt use apple products if they paid me, so ya got me there
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Lmao maybe a year ago… Storage costs have skyrocketed recently.