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[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago
  1. because "free" often means there is an ulterior motive for providing the service (see: search)

Maybe this is true for some cases, but it's not for jellyfin. It's simply open source and free like tons of other utilities people work on for the fun of it. If it were closed source maybe you'd be right.

Agree on number 2 though.