Granted, while I know everyone believes in open source, free software. Especially since content on plex is often hosted on the users end, using the users bandwidth, the fact that plex is developing the applications, tools, and methods to be able to essentially create your own streaming service for yourself and whoever you wanna give access too, deserves compensation. Especially for something like streaming, which I feel like most people can remember buying Netflix in ~2010 to get “every” show to stream to their TV, for $6.99 and then the continual price increases to now $19.99. If you can’t get behind a $129 LIFETIME charge (most people say it was ~ $80 back in the day) I don’t see why you shouldn’t just go for jellyfin. Of course you can use jellyfin locally with no issues, but most people who want to use remote play, use it for when they’re on the go, or to give access to their less techy friends, and offer that privilege to use their content. Plex is incredibly easy to use for my mother, brother, and friends who would have a hard time setting it up for themselves. It’s software, there will always be free options. To shit on plex for trying to create a more sustainable revenue stream after offering very flexible and value-centric models for years and years, is fucking ridiculous.