[n0zmer]

Jellyfin is still so far behind Plex in media organization and just general reliability and polish.

Also, Plexamp is by far the best music player to exist right now.

[amiga386]

That's a bold claim. Personally I'm very much liking Finamp (for Jellyfin), it's coming along nicely and it does a great job IMHO, especially its offline mode works robustly. Looking at the feature list of Plexamp, sure, it does have a few more niceties, but it doesn't look like Plexamp is free or open in any way, so I'm never going to run it.

[n0zmer]

That's great and all, but the quality difference is 100% there and there is absolutely nothing wrong with paying developers to make great software.

[colordrops]

But Jellyfin is open source and doesn't try to force you to open an account.

I'm at the point now where I will always choose open source if the product is "good enough" even if it is not the best. Jellyfin is "good enough" for my needs at least.

[n0zmer]

I have no problem paying for great software. There is an obvious quality difference between the two and it's completely worth it.

[number6]

But it doesn't trick you into an account or subscription

[RoyGBivCap]

And it doesn't require internet access to watch things on your local network.

That was the last straw for me with plex.

Having to log into a server on the internet to access local content isn't just bad, it's broken by design just like DRM.

[stuckinhell]

This alone, finally got me and my husband to switch. Jellyfin is FANTASTIC, and I wrote a simple script with ChatGPT to help with tagging and metadata for our home collection.

[afavour]

I found that Plex was pretty upfront about how membership works. I was happy to pay for a lifetime membership given the usage I’ve gotten out of it.

(though if I’m honest the lifetime membership concept feels like a bad idea on their side. Despite using their product regularly they now get no more money from me)

[n0zmer]

I paid for lifetime over 7 years ago. So, I'm not worried about that.

[asylteltine]

Where’s the trick? Pretty much every feature a typical user would use is free. Everything else is clearly outlined on their website. Just because you don’t want to pay for software you use doesn’t mean it’s a trick.