Why would you bother with jellyfin locally if you have Plex also locally? It does nothing better.

Plex has zero control over it unless you want to do remote streaming.

I hope there still aren’t any people expecting the upcoming steam machine to be <$500 lol. It’s going to be pushing USD$1000, if not more, for PS4 level hardware.

A Microsoft game wasn’t optimized for Linux? Tell me more…

Plex server doesn’t need to be “portable”, and running it in docker definitely doesn’t make it easier.

There absolutely are programs that make sense to run in docker, but Plex server isn’t one of them.

No, what I described is the sunk cost fallacy. You misunderstood it.

There’s zero need to run Plex in a docker container.

The sunk cost fallacy is when you keep sinking more money into something because of how much you have already sunk into it. It doesn’t apply when you simply make a one-off purchase and then don’t ever spend another cent.

Why would you bother “maintaining” jellyfin when you don’t use it? Just install it if you ever move away from Plex. Seems like work for nothing.

Plex just works, especially for library sharing and remote watching - something that does not work without insecure and/or messy workarounds on jellyfin.

Most devices that people watch tv and movies on in people’s houses don’t have a way to connect to Tailscale.

You thinking it’s an “obvious fallacy” is what should be irking you, cause you’re wrong lol

No, it’s not the sunk cost fallacy lol

It would have to be paid, the exact thing that jellyfin evangelists despise……while half of them happily subscribe and pay $ for a VPS just so they don’t have to subscribe to Plex while having a much worse experience 🤣

JellyFin users seem to be like Linux users.

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Tailscale is a vpn for all that matters.

This is a terrible idea, as you’re trusting their network and device security blindly.

“If you don’t want to use a VPN, use a VPN instead”

With a single year of those VPS costs you could have just bought a plex lifetime pass on sale lol

Avoiding paying a one off fee or subscription by paying a different subscription for a more complex and worse product is amazing.

Isn’t it hilarious that the best solution to do remote streaming using the free software that people use because they don’t want to pay for a Plex subscription or one-off cost is to pay for at least one subscription, maybe more?

It’s almost like the reason Plex charge money is because it’s not free to do.