Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week
arstechnica.com
Roku users will be hit first.

Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.

If anyone needs it: https://jellyfin.org/

    • Kushan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      48 minutes ago

      This is a "slippery slope’ argument and thus a fallacy.

      Let users decide how they want to run their own stuff. Right now if you have Plex pass this isn’t an issue. If it becomes an issue, then you’re in the exact same position you’d be in today if you decided to move away from Plex now.

      I moved away from Plex years ago, but I don’t blame users for sticking with it, it still has a lot of advantages over jellyfin.

      • ShortN0te@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        3 minutes ago

        If it becomes an issue, then you’re in the exact same position you’d be in today if you decided to move away from Plex now.

        I disagree. Right now you got time to do the research, plan the move and test it out with a demo setup. You do not know if you got the time if Plex decides to screw their lifetime users.

        Yes this is hypothetical.

    • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 hours ago

      I paid 79€ almost a decade ago. I got more than my moneys worth. Even the current lifetime (on sale) is less than a year of Netflix. More expensive than piracy + Jellyfin ofc if that’s your benchmark 😀

      I have a Jellyfin instance running anyway, I’ll switch to that if Plex enshittifies.