I’ve feel like I’ve used Plex forever. I also feel like every couple years I try Jellyfin to see how it’s going. Recently I tried it again because of Plex restriction on more than one user.

Well, I just tried it again and it’s substantially improved! This time it actually properly detected most of my library!

Also the Android TV app is AWESOME! No more glitches, lagging, and freezing trying to play my stuff like Plex did. It is butter smooth.

Wow! I’m impressed and I just deleted Plex. Good riddance.

  • @WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
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    4121 days ago

    After having been shafted by sublime text I will never believe anything called a “lifetime subscription” is such.

    A “lifetime subscription” is just a “until we decide otherwise” subscription

    • gonzo-rand19
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      I don’t mean to be glib or upset you, but you still have lifetime access to the versions of Sublime Text for which you paid; you just don’t get free updates to the next version. AFAIK, that’s been the way they’ve done things for years.

      • @WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
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        721 days ago

        Before the one license=one version switch in 2013 the license stated “and future updates” which they did, but they switched to needing to pay for new licenses for some reason. I remember that being the primary reason I switched to emacs.

    • @mbirth@lemmy.ml
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      1021 days ago

      After having been shafted by sublime text I will never believe anything called a “lifetime subscription” is such.

      Care to elaborate?

      AFAIR SublimeText licenses are always only for a specific major version. And they sometimes might work for the next major version. So, I guess you’ve just installed a newer version for which your lifetime license isn’t valid anymore.

      • @WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
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        Before sublime text 3 all updates were included in the single license, not just major revision updates. This was back in 2013.

        • @mbirth@lemmy.ml
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          221 days ago

          Hmm… I remember buying the license for ST2 back in the days and it specifically saying it’s for ST2.x only. However, it also worked for early ST3 versions but stopped working at some point. Which was when I’ve switched to something else.

          • @WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
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            221 days ago

            It was over eleven years ago at this point so my memory may be hazy on the details but I remember something happening in the major version change that pissed me off enough to switch off of it. 🤔

    • @hera@feddit.uk
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      120 days ago

      I’ve been using it for 8 years and haven’t paid, is there any benefit for paying?

    • @ripcord@lemmy.world
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      I mean, it naturally has to be something that they eventually find a way to charge you something for. If it’s a for-profit business, and if they only sold lifetime subscriptions, they would eventually go out of business.

      • @ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
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        Then they shouldn’t be called lifetime subscriptions. This seems like a really smarmy justification of a shitty business practice.

        • @GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
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          121 days ago

          Sublime never offered lifetime subscriptions. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928064400/http://www.sublimetext.com/sales_faq You can even see as far back as 2014 that if you purchased Sublime Text 2 when Sublime 3 was still in beta:

          • Upgrade Policy
            A license is valid for Sublime Text 3, and includes all point updates, as well as access to prior versions (e.g., Sublime Text 2). Future major versions, such as Sublime Text 4, will be a paid upgrade.
          • Expiration Date
            Licenses purchased for Sublime Text 3 do not expire, however an upgrade fee will be required for Sublime Text 4.

          You can find that disagreeable, but it was not something they hid from us customers.

          • @WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
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            Licenses for sublime text 2 just said “and future updates”. I remember the “lifetime” thing being a selling point on producthunt. This was back in 2013 though, and the weird way the licensing change was handled made me switch to emacs.