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Plex’s five-year plan costs what a lifetime pass used to

Séamus Bellamy
Jul 06, 2026
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It hasn’t been easy to be a Plex user these past few years. I mean, yeah, setting up a Plex server on your computer or NAS? Easy as taking the nose off a leper. But friendo, you’re gonna pay for the privilege.

Long-time users have been watching the cost of using the roll-your-own-Netflix streaming service steadily climb. Up until…

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