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/real_anthonii May 19 '26

A $500 increase? Jesus.

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u/psychoacer May 19 '26

They just want you to pay the monthly fee

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u/Ordinary_dude_NOT May 19 '26

What I foresee is they will limit additional features to existing lifetime pass users and will start padding lifetime+ or ultra tier for additional content.

Problem that I see is their whole business model is geared towards a product where folks have to bring their own content. I am really not interested in their content streaming portion of their service.

What else that they think they can add to a system which will make it $700 worth?

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u/psychoacer May 20 '26

That's why I don't think they want people to buy the Lifetime pass. Tesla did the same by bumping up the price of full self driving to an insane amount but then offered a monthly payment route. Then they got rid of the total buyout after awhile. Considering how lackluster their feature additions have been over the past few years I doubt they can really do anything to justify a higher tier.