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[–] 33 points 3 months ago (1 child)

This is almost certainly a ploy to get an influx of buyers before the cutoff of July.

They want to round up all the people that they think were considering a lifetime pass, but were holding out.

I guarantee you when July comes they're going to reduce the cost to somewhere less than $750 and much closer to the current price due to "we listen to our customers" when really it was the plan all along.

They're using the Decoy Effect and FOMO.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Or maybe they want monthly/annual/whatever subscribers, not lifetime, and so they're making the lifetime pass prohibitively expensive. I have a lifetime pass I purchased a few years ago but after running Jellyfin alongside Plex for a few months, I don't think I could recommend Plex to anyone who simply wants to host their own media.

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