Episode 7: Perplexing 💩

What we cover

• We talk about Plex's recent pricing changes, what it means for the future of Plex, and our plans to try out Jellyfin during "Jellyfin June"
• Bitwarden recently very quietly changed CEOs, with the new CEO having a background in venture capitalism and private equity. We discuss what this means
• Geoff puts on his lawyer hat and updates us on the ongoing saga of Bambu Lab v. the open source community

Coming to you live from Stephen's garage, it's episode 7! Well…most of us anyway. First on the docket, we talk about Plex raising the price on its Lifetime Pass for the second time in 2 years. Alex fills us in on his plans to migrate from Plex to Jellyfin, this time hopefully for good, and we discuss our experiences with Plex, Emby, and Jellyfin. More to come on this one as we enter what we're calling "Jellyfin June!" Please join us and share your experiences as we move through the month!

Next up, we discuss the quiet leadership shakeup at Bitwarden: a new CEO and CFO have come in with backgrounds tied to private equity firms, raising concerns about the future of Bitwarden as an open source project and as a viable password manager. We discuss what we might do if Bitwarden goes the way of LastPass.

Finally, Geoff puts on his lawyer hat to update us on the latest in the ongoing saga of Bambu versus the open source community. Specifically we talk about the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) stepping in, including taking steps to reverse engineer Bambu's proprietary network plugin and Geoff provides some insight into what is at play in this debate. Spoiler alert: it's complicated!

Tags: Plex, Jellyfin, Jellyfin June, Open Source, Bitwarden, Private Equity, Enshittification, Bambu Lab, AGPLv3, Geoff's lawyer hat

Links

• Plex
  • https://www.plex.tv/blog/new-lifetime-plex-pass-pricing/
  • https://blog.ktz.me/the-enshittification-of-plex/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ELRrIXVmQ
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svzFXwS8Abs
  • https://techhub.social/@ironicbadger/116629327591673010
  • https://jellyfin.org/posts/state-of-the-fin-2026-05-24/
• Bitwarden
  • https://www.fastcompany.com/91542655/bitwarden-scrubs-always-free-and-inclusion-values-from-its-website-as-longtime-execs-step-down
  • https://howmation.com/en_US/blog/article/bitwarden-2026-what-really-changes
  • https://itsfoss.com/news/bitwarden-quiet-changes/
  • https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden
• Bambu Lab
  • https://github.com/jarczakpawel/OrcaSlicer-bambulab/blob/main/bambu_agpl.md
  • https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/may/18/bambu-studio-3d-printer-agpl-violation-response/
  • https://www.theverge.com/tech/931532/bambu-agpl-pawel-jarczak-open-source-threat-dmca-github