Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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    Did you try Jellyfin? I’ve had success with Jellyfin once I’ve been the one setting up the TV app, etc. It did just work, because users found it very simple in comparison to Plex. If anything, they like how Plex shows more things beyond the collection.

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      I’ve been the one setting up the TV app, etc.

      That is exactly the issue. I can’t personally set up the app for all my users. Most of them are not in my household.

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        Me either, but I don’t expect them to setup any sort of app themself (including Plex).

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          That’s his point though, he does expect them to be able to set up themselves, and apparently Plex is good for that.

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            Yes, in my case I personally had to setup both clients (Plex and Jellyfin) for the family members myself.

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      I use both at home, mostly plex though and I have about a dozen people who watch remotely and keeping the remote access private and secure I’m not putting jellyfin behind a public reverse proxy. Not feasible to setup wire guard for a dozen people across 4 states and troubleshooting those tunnels when Plex does all that for me. Plus Plex allows them to manage and reset their password without my intervention

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        Thanks do letting me kno about this. I tried it and it does look good. Sadly for me at least it does perform well. Moves slow between options and libraries. And the Live TV Guide isn’t working at all. That could be a me issue, but the slowness is unacceptable. Once I have more time I will play it more and probably reach out to the Dev.