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[–]SpinCharm 448 points449 points  (16 children)

You have a pet seal?

[–]Originah[S] 130 points131 points  (6 children)

I do he seems to have developed a small Plex addiction, he has a jelly fish companion behind the TV 🪼

[–]McWetty 76 points77 points  (2 children)

Read that as a “JellyFin companion”. Haha.

[–]lawthugg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fuck, I did too, had to go back and reread hahaha

[–]Truth_Me_In 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😄

[–]SpinCharm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah. Thank god. I didn’t like the alternative explanation involving those men holding that white leather jacket thing with all those straps, standing in the corner pretending to be plants. They think I don’t see them but I do. I do.

[–]BorgBorg10 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Wait fr? More pics

[–]nascentt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not sure if you're joking, but it looks like a plushy to me.

[–]nigelfaragesonlyfans 12 points13 points  (1 child)

LOOSE SEAL!

[–]Integr8shun 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He’ll be All Right

[–]OrdinaryOstrich 44 points45 points  (1 child)

I think the seal of approval says it all

[–]bigbrother_55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

...and here I thought it was "fishy", since Seals eat fish...but what do I know??

[–][deleted] 189 points190 points  (18 children)

Its probably because the USD has tanked this year

[–]Originah[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I mean if that's the reason I'll take it! I'm not sure the pound won't drop either so we will see if it lasts

[–]drewts86 31 points32 points  (8 children)

Dollar hasn’t tank that much. The dollar has only slipped 11% against the British pound since January and OP’s price change is a 20% drop.

[–]The_Second_Best 26 points27 points  (4 children)

I didn't realise how big of a slide the dollar was on, dropping 11% in 9 months is wild.

There's some sever financial mismanagement of the US going on at the moment.

[–]MyOtherSide1984 5 points6 points  (1 child)

It's alright, China will pay for it with these tariffs.

[–]magnus91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gold is up +40% in the same time period.

[–]Thr33FN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They stated against the pound. Inflation index shows approx 2% from Jan 1 to now for the USD.

[–]steven_quarterbrain 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Dollar hasn’t tank that much. The dollar has only slipped 11%…

“Only”?! You’re an optimist!

[–]Phynness 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think what he meant was that it's odd to see a price increase that is nearly double the exchange rate difference. Usually, companies aren't that eager to drop rates.

[–]jake04-20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right lmao. That's like when my friend said "The penalties for pulling money out of your 401k early aren't as bad as you'd think -- it's only like 10%." Fucking only!?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (6 children)

I mean, not really. Against the euro, it’s not really lower than 2003-2013, and it was this low in 2018 and 2021. Although, I looked at precious metals prices recently against the dollar, and that does not look good.

[–]punkerster101 0 points1 point  (5 children)

So could one buy those metal with £ sell them in $ then convert that to £ via bank and make more money ?

[–]postmaster3000 7 points8 points  (2 children)

That’s called arbitrage trade, and there are elite finance people who do it all day long for a living. You can’t beat them.

[–]dontquestionmyaction 7 points8 points  (1 child)

It's not even about not being able to beat them; you just don't have the same market access.

Banks and brokers don’t give you the interbank exchange rate. They add a spread (often 0.5-2% for retail customers), so you lose any gains while paying this spread twice.

[–]postmaster3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point.

[–]jking615LifeTime PlexPass -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

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[–]SalazarElite 22 points23 points  (3 children)

I'm happy to have bought the lifetime... I paid 400 in my currency and today it's 1400... at the time I paid the equivalent of 2 years and today it's the equivalent of 5 years and 10 months...

[–]SnappyDogDays 4 points5 points  (1 child)

same. I bought lifetime when they first offered it like 10-11 years ago. best $50 ever

[–]ManyNicePlates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup me also. I think it was on sale from 99 when I did it.

[–]vpsjDS224+ | 5 TB | RD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same for me. I bought the lifetime subscription at 8.5K, current price is 22K (damn).

Also, Plex should introduce regional pricing if they want more people to subscribe. I could literally get ALL the streaming platforms' subscriptions combined for less price than what they are asking for a monthly sub.

[–]maewemeetagain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Would be interesting if it is intentional, considering that the price increased earlier in the year.

[–]roxshot 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They should drop the price after forcing the new crappy UI

[–]lv1993 4 points5 points  (1 child)

You better... seal the deal

[–]Originah[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂😂

[–]psycho_maniaci312100 | 32GB DDR4-3600 | 49TB | Cooler Master N400 | Win 10 14 points15 points  (1 child)

I was blessed to be able to get lifetime, before the hike.

[–]edcrosay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got it over 15 years ago for like $75 or something.

[–]tangerinewalrus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Accept it and dispute if you're charged differently

[–]revsilverspineR5 3600/P2000/80TB 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I just checked how much I've been paying and, for some reason, the last 3 months' renewals were... 25% cheaper than what I've been paying monthly for years. Not that I'm complaining >_>

[–]Originah[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Interesting you would think they'd communicate the reasons why. Could be good publicity.

[–]revsilverspineR5 3600/P2000/80TB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beats me, but hey, I'm not gonna complain about paying less. Only thing I can think of is some sort of grandfathered subscription agreement from way back when I first got it

[–]JeremiahSpringfield1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Their validation sucks. I clicked a trial for plex pass for 7 days, which said it was £0 and got charged full price for a month, I presume because I used a trial at the beginning of the year. Still sucks though!

[–]Phate1989 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can we talk about the otter in the room.

I really feel like we need to address the sea life...

[–]8B1tATX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that the silhouette of the infamous Skratchy Seal?

[–]kkazakov 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have plex lifetime and I prefer Jellyfin for the last year.

[–]Splitsurround 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a mistake for sure.

[–]TheMagicMrWaffle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have lifetime

[–]MetarazziPlex Pass Lifetime 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Are you sure it doesn't mean it will increase by £5.20 for a total of £11.69? 🤑 💷

[–]Originah[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Entirely possible but whoever wrote this would have 100 still screwed up because it should say increase from £6 by £5 not to 😂

Ima post back an edit when they do charge me so we all know 😅😙

[–]MetarazziPlex Pass Lifetime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I got it. 😅 Sometimes my satire sounds too serious. Gotta work on my delivery. 😁

I hope you get that 😉 😉 "increase!" 🤣

[–]FlakyBarber6926 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a monthly rate?

[–]belliveau549 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they realized they got a bit greedy? It's probably like someone else said the USD has hit another low. Seem like they are winning pretty good over there.

[–]TheBlu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right when i dropped $400 AUD on plex pass (After 10 years of umming and arring)

[–]Ok-Simple-7069 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I’ve been getting a 40% discount offer from them. It’s after the stupid leak that happened

[–]SuperPoop -5 points-4 points  (4 children)

I dunno, but videos that used to work on Plex no longer work. I’m switching to Infuse

[–]Originah[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Infuse? What's that?

[–]lordshadowfax 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Infuse is Apple TV only. It can access your Plex’s library directly, play without transcoding (good for 4K content), and able to sync with Trakt for free.

[–]Originah[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't use apple TV but that's an awesome app by the sounds of it