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

submitted 1 week 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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[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 78 points 1 week ago (49 children)

Glad I bought the Plex Pass like 13 years ago. While I understand everyone seems to think everything should be free, I'm sure your boss wishes you worked for free too, but the world doesn't work that way.

I'm OK supporting products I use , and Plex is an example of this for me. It was a well spend $75 in 2013

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Your view unfortunately doesn't show you how shitty the unpaid experience has become. XBMC used to be a good product. Since becoming Plex, now we have:

no local hardware accel
no HDR
panels that look like local videos that trick you into switching to a paid app
rearranged home screen after some updates
no downloads on remote devices
and now I'll lose the ability to share streaming with my kid, who lives many cities away

If this were clear from the outset , no one would be upset. But pulling back features Plex at one time promised "forever" (remote streaming), is complete rug-pull bullshit.

You can enjoy that warm and fuzzy reverse-fomo feeling now, but you should know that they'll start limiting your paid experience eventually.

[–] Harriet_Porber@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)