Multiple sources (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxa_Jy7H_ixQY9LgLg3WUeQxxFEDzqdD8E ) report that the cost of a lifetime Plex Pass subscription is increasing from its current US$249 to US$749, effective 1 July 2026. I’m glad I got mine for $75 back in 2014, but if you’re planning on doing this…

Does this affect users who only watch local media and home videos? I’ve never bothered with creating a Plex account ever since moving to Jellyfin. Is it only required for online streaming or is it needed even to watch your own videos on your local network?

You can login locally to watch your own stuff. If you want to make your stuff available outside your household, you need a Plex account.

[image] Samuel_Tai: If you want to make your stuff available outside your household, you need a Plex account. And a plexpass. They locked down remote access with the last price increase.

[image] Jailer: They locked down remote access I haven’t tried, but I’d expect Tailscale would circumvent this. But there is also a “remote watch pass” subscription that enables only this, and only for you, without any of the other plex pass features. The irony is that if this change pushes…

[image] winnielinnie: Does this affect users who only watch local media and home videos? AFAIK you need a Plex pass for GPU transcoding.

There’s a parallel to be drawn regarding requiring a subscription to use features of your own hardware, but I’m not going to make it. But if their annual pricing isn’t changing–and it seems it isn’t–this really does look like they’re just trying to kill off the lifetime subscription. Plex Pass is …

[image] oxyde: I can’t find any decent justification for such an outrageous price. “Because we can.” (Is that decent?) [image] oxyde: Drop the lifetime option instead… That’s coming next. Move #1: Don’t like recurring subscriptions? We have a lifetime license for you. (See like we ar…

With some relevant quotes: [image] Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription Plex says that it has considered getting rid of Lifetime Passes. We’ve considered eliminating the Lifetime Plex Pass in the past, given that r…

Well, this is a somewhat-unexpected data point: Plex also has reason to put more focus on its streaming business since more people have been using Plex’s online streaming service than its media server capabilities since 2022, Scott Hancock, Plex’s then-VP of marketing, said in 2023. …though I st…

Plex increasing lifetime Plex Pass to US$750 effective 1 July

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oxyde May 20, 2026, 2:21pm 9

Back actual again

Irony aside, no matter how I look at it… I can’t find any decent justification for such an outrageous price. Drop the lifetime option instead…

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Plex increasing lifetime Plex Pass to US$750 effective 1 July

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