If you haven't seen it yet, we recently made the announcement that starting July 1, 2026, the price of "Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads)" will increase to $0.00 USD*. There has been a lot of enthusiasm regarding charge backs, and we're simply blown away by the community's response.

As we've had a high volume of inquiries, I'd ask if you could please wait until I'm off the support email shift to reach out about this issue. I've attached our schedule so you'll know when it is safe to reach out.

Thanks, and happy streaming!

*Example price in USD. Exact pricing in other currencies may vary.

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[–] 446 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Thank goodness I got a lifetime Jellyfin license years ago!

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  • [–] 179 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I just keep getting the cracked versions

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  • [–] 139 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, some dude named jellyfin on Github keeps uploading the latest versions

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  • [–] 126 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Yeah, I really missed the boat getting in on it when it was $0.00...

    Now I'd better get it at $0.0 before it shoots up to $0 next year.

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    [–] 288 points 4 months ago

    it's a gimmick guys, this is done so the memorial day 75% discount sale sound like a good deal, don't be sheeple

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  • [–] [S] 206 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    something is wrong with my instance, I'm not getting any ads here

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    [–] 161 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

    This is how you capitalize on someone else's mistake. Made me actually laugh.

    It reminds me of Apple's response to Vista's pricing tiers in 2007.

    During the Apple keynote that year they said there was going to be an OS X Basic for $129, an OS X Premium for $129, an OS X Business for $129, and an OS X Ultimate for $129.

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  • [–] 121 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    I decided to bite the bullet and just pay the price increase. I will be looking for other services to use before I am charged again. Does Windows Media Player work well for you guys?

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  • [–] 97 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    This is outrageous! Im four times madder about this than I was before!

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  • [–] 80 points 4 months ago

    I got the lifetime plan on Black Friday back when it was $0.00 I'm really glad I did that now

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  • [–] 77 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I'd rather donate $750 to Jellyfin than pay $750 to Plex for Lifetime.

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  • [–] 68 points 4 months ago

    No, really. We don't actually need your money. At least, not here and now.

    We have over $24,000 in the bank, and with average monthly expenses of only ~$600, that's over 40 months (3.3 years) of runway! So, we have plenty of money for the near future.

    Thus, at this time, we want you to seriously consider donating to the authors of Clients you use, instead of (or in addition to) the main project. Client support is the hardest part of the Jellyfin ecosystem to keep going, and most of them are maintained by only a single person or very small team.

    • Joshua Boniface, project admin

    So give that applause-cash to a jellyfin client dev!

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  • [+] 66 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)
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    [–] 53 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Unbelievable! I just recently switched to and started paying for Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (with Ads) to see if I wanted to pay the lifetime license. I’m moving to JamRudder instead! This is a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!

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  • [–] 51 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Does this mean I have to quadruple my donation?

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    [–] 49 points 4 months ago*

    lol they got me.

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  • [–] 44 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    I bought a plex pass about 5 years ago. I figured it would be a reasonable long term investment. I am starting to think I should have just gone with Jellyfin to start with.

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    [–] 43 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I can barely afford to pay attention, now they want 4x as much? Who the fuck can afford 4 * $0 in the current economy?!

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  • [–] 39 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I just got a refund, I'm moving to Real Player

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    [–] 34 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Wait til John Jellyfin hears about this!

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    [–] 33 points 4 months ago

    I remember I got Jellyfin Lifetime for only $0.00 back in like 2018 before that started unlocking all their new features behind a nonpaywall

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    [–] 28 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    I bought 10 licenses and will give them away for free. Just answer me the title of your favorite book. First come first served

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    [–] 27 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    I recall a lot of people commenting how they were really happy with jellyfin after the plex increase

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    [–] 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Well that's it. I'm going back to USB sticks.

    /j

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    [–] 26 points 4 months ago

    Can I pay in installments?

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Any changes to Jellyfin Premium+ One Super Unlimited (without Ads) this time? They just doubled it last year, if it goes any higher I'm out. I'm not gonna watch ads.

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    [–] 24 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    Joking aside, I do have a lifetime subscription to Emby, which shares a lot of the same code as Jellyfin. But the lifetime subscription was $99 which I viewed as a thank you donation to the developer(s). In the past 5 years or so it has been an excellent value.

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    [–] 23 points 4 months ago

    dammit we have to donate even more now

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago

    We're going to need to double Bezo's taxes to pay for this.

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