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Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April (www.plex.tv)

submitted 4 months ago by Sl00k@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

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[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 5 points 4 months ago

Can't wait to see a 40 minutes rant on LTT where he will feel betrayed and teach everyone how to use jellyfin

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR CURRENT PLEX PASS HOLDERS: For users who have an active Plex Pass subscription, remote playback will continue to be available to you without interruption from any Plex Media Server, after these changes go into effect. When running your own Plex Media Server as a subscriber, other users to whom you have granted access can also stream from the server (whether local or remote), without ANY additional charge—not even a mobile activation fee. More on that later in this update.

I guess that's something.

Gonna be a long slow explanation to my family and friends how to switch to jellyfin. Hopefully there's an app ecosystem there as well. I was lucky to get a lifetime pass way back in 2009 when I did some work for them. It's very different now.

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[–] chalupapocalypse@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

If the server you are stealing movies from has a pass you still don't need to pay

They could have worded this better

[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 4 months ago

This sucks ass. I'm a lifetime Plex Pass holder, so this doesn't affect me yet, but who's to say they won't fuck over lifetime users sooner rather than later?

Honestly, this made me consider setting up Jellyfin. What the fuck?

[–] jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Bro what

[–] Kalon@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Jellyfin FTW!

[–] Old_Yharnam@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Would Tailscale/ZeroTier work as a workaround for this or do you think Plex would also put that behind a paywall?

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