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You can disable most of that stuff on Plex. But yeah, Jellyfin is nicer anyways as it's free software.
Plex is also free. None of the premium stuff you pay for is essential except downloading I guess but like… You already have access to the files locally so that’s pretty easy to work around
Unless you have somehow managed to get the source code, no, Plex is not free software unfortunately!
I have been using Plex for five years and I have not spent a dollar. How long have you been using it?
Pretty shitty behavior on your part with that link. Thanks for the patronizing nonsense.
But don’t take my word for it.
Edit: ah Free not free price. Mea culpa
They mean free as in freedom, not free as in beer
Free software generally refers to open source software, who's code you can view and edit yourself
When we talk about FOSS, we talk about Free, Open Source Software. Plex is free but not open source, and it's free price is not enshrined in it's license as with other FOSS software, which means that there could be a rug pull at any time. But I think that's unlikely due to its business model.
Jellyfin is FOSS software meaning it will stay free and open source due to its license.