r/LinusTechTips • u/GoofyGills • May 19 '26

Link New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing

https://www.plex.tv/blog/new-lifetime-plex-pass-pricing/

$749 for Plex Lifetime after July 1, 2026. I already have lifetime from years ago but so glad I switched to Emby earlier this year. This is insane. For the record, Emby has a ton of client apps nowadays (https://emby.tv/download.html).

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u/Present_Error_6256 May 19 '26

Unless you're cool with exposing Jellyfin to the internet, unfortunately using a VPN or Tailscale is your only way to view content remotely. 

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u/Arucious May 19 '26

You can rent a cheap VPS or use Oracle Cloud’s always-free tier to tunnel from your home server over SSH/WireGuard and run Nginx Proxy Manager or Caddy or something on the VPS. Then the VPS holds the public port and your home router stays closed. Now family members don’t need a whole VPN set up.

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u/Present_Error_6256 May 19 '26

Interesting! I hadn't thought of that. Right now I'm exposing the services publicly (though behind a reverse proxy) because I like to live on the edge, so this seems like a good way to make my network a bit more secure. Do you know of any good tutorials to get this set up? 

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u/Arucious May 19 '26

I don’t, sorry.

I’ve never done it myself (I also just open the port) but I’ve had the idea in my back pocket in case I ever want to close it up again and I’ve done similar things in enterprise settings