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

submitted 2 weeks 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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[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

How exciting, I'm getting a kick up the arse to change platforms! Seems to be the theme of 2025!

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I absolutely love that Emby is such a third thought that they don’t even get a mention anymore. They fucked their loyal users over so much that they don’t even get mentioned anymore. Can’t wait for plex to suffer the same fate

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[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man, my Jellyfin subscription just rose in price too.

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

If it costs them money to run it, it makes sense?

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[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago

What a load of BS.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 9 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

"A subscription"

Its the same Plex pass subscription for people who don't want to read a clickbait article.

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[–] remon@ani.social 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

" 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"

So as a plex pass holder it shouldn't affect any of my (current?) users? Am I reading this right?

edit: Seems I'm good.

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[–] splinter@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m inferring from the language of the post that OP is against this policy change, but I’m not sure I follow the argument. Why is it problematic that Plex is asking for money?

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Not OP but nobody likes price hikes and locking once-free features behind a paywall without adding anything to the features is pretty wack

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