Regarding the Jellyfin Price Increase
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Posted in r/jellyfin by u/anthonylavado • 2,331 points and 252 comments

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.

      • exu@feditown.comEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

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

        • frank@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          Eh, I’d rather fork out the money than try the 1% chance GitHub is up to download it. Piracy is a service issue

    • mrmaplebar@fedia.io
      2·
      4 months ago

      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.

        • suigenerix@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          So true! But I found a trick where you can get Jellyfin cheap if you buy it pretending to be a resident of another country. Here’s some prices:

          • Vietnam - 0₫ (VND)
          • India - ₹0 (INR)
          • Indonesia - Rp0 (IDR)
          • Philippines - ₱0 (PHP)
          • Thailand - ฿0 (THB)
          • Mexico - Mex$0 (MXN)
          • Brazil - R$0 (BRL)
          • South Africa - R0 (ZAR)
          • Turkey - ₺0 (TRY)
          • China - ¥0 (CNY)
          • Malaysia - RM0 (MYR)
          • Egypt - E£0 (EGP)
          • Argentina - AR$0 (ARS)
          • Japan - ¥0 (JPY)
          • South Korea - ₩0 (KRW)
          • Singapore - S$0 (SGD)
          • Australia - A$0 (AUD)
          • New Zealand - NZ$0 (NZD)
          • Canada - C$0 (CAD)
          • United Kingdom - £0 (GBP)
          • European Union countries - €0 (EUR)
          • United States - $0 (USD)
  • expatriado@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    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

  • AeronMelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

    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.

  • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    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?

    • Bazoogle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      I was using VLC, but after they converted their cost into a subscription platform of $0 a month I had to move. Was going to use Jellyfin, but now this… Guess I’m gonna have to start putting all my media on film

      • BuccaneerScientist@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        If you go the film route, consider using 8mm. Even though some people thinks it’s still too experimental i find the file compression to be far superior (one third file size after transcoding my library from VHS -> 8mm film) and they barely burst into flames.

        Besides who has movie nights without drinks nearby you can put on the fire?

        Make sure you use mixed drinks and not hard liquor as that will not put out fire and make your insurance company really annoying.

    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      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!

  • nroth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    4 months ago

    Am I illegally using the docker container? Isn’t jellyfin free?

    • tidderuuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Sir this is not Reddit. We read the content here.

      Clicks link to Reddit.

      … What the fuck.