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People who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question) (discuss.online)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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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[+] -12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (15 children)

I've never understood this stance. You do you, but if I'm offering to host stuff for friends or family for free, they can at least learn to operate that thing on their end.

Edited to add, wow I did not expect this to be such a hot take. Fuck me I guess lol.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    Surely you haven't exposed your Jellyfin to the open net, since even the devs admit that that is a terrible idea

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  • [–] -4 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Theres a reason everyone uses a VPN to allow remote streaming for their Jellyfin. The things as open as a barns door, so you should not just open it to the public. Like I said, even the devs say not to do that, its just not secure enough

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    According to your own link that you totally read : "Note that opening a port gives full access to that port to the next higher Network. Opening a port directly to the Internet is therefore insecure and not recommended." and "forwarding its Ports directly to the internet (not recommended!)"

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Well I was just answering your question about "why would jellyfin have documentation about opening it to the web if unsafe?" by pointing out that while they do tell you how to, they also explains the risks associated with doing so. Having documentation about something doesn't mean that the devs endorse this usage.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Ok, where did I say any of that exactly? I never said it was a jellyfin only issue anywhere, and I sure as hell didn't say anything about VPN, as much as you didn't say anything about a proxy until now. And congrats on using a proxy and exposing your server to said proxy, you're just proving my point by not exposing directly to the internet as your previous comments implied.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    It seems to depend on how you are granting access and have configured the server... if they have to setup VPN access in order to access Jellyfin, as opposed to logging into plex website.

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  • [+] -12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    No, that doesn't change anything about what I said really.

    To me, if I'm hosting something for my friends and family, they can put in the effort to learn how to use it. Period. Whether that's as simple as logging in through a browser, installing an app, or using a VPN. They can learn, or they can pay for Netflix (as an example, since we're discussing a media server originally).

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    In my experience getting dozens of people on to my server, plenty will happily choose to pay for Netflix. I want people to choose my server over paid streaming, so I offer both Plex and Jellyfin, and to date not a single person has stuck with Jellyfin, and several have gotten my invite email, took a look at the FAQ on how to request media, and continued using paid streaming.

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