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[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 25 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

So they think it's acceptable to charge people to access their own files. Good Luck with that morons.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 7 points 9 hours ago

Yeah this is why I don't use Plex.

At one point I installed it on my NAS. It goes through the setup, and then says I need to make a cloud account. Wtf? I am running locally hosted software on locally hosted hardware to access locally hosted files. Why do I need any cloud for this?

I don't. I uninstalled it.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I pay a dude to access his files 😎

[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 3 points 21 hours ago

As long as their not Plex's files I see no Issue that they should be compensated for.

[–] Eggyhead@fedia.io 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I thought I read that there’s no charge if on the same network. It’s just for accessing your files remotely from other networks.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

And if server host doesn't have premium.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

It is enshittification for sure. At the core it makes sense to not have it free, since dynamic DNS is not free. However it is a very small cost