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

submitted 1 day 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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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Well, looks like my decision to stick with Kodi and never bother with Plex is about to pay dividends.

[–] art@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

NAS + Tailscale + Kodi is the easiest to setup for me. Works really good.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 points 15 hours ago

I used Kodi for years (back before and during the XMBC - > Kodi shift) before moving to Plex, it was great (a pain for a good config, but once your clients have remote access and use a shared database its insane how good it can be) but Plex was touted for so long I figured I'd give it a try when I saw a good sale. I've been using it for the past 8 years or so but may go back to Kodi or Jellyfin.

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[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 546 points 1 day ago (119 children)

https://jellyfin.org/

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[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I moved on to jellyfin after I found out the hard way Plex servers need to authenticate for use. I'm sure by now there are ways to set up offline authentication but I already didn't like the idea of paying monthly to stream my own content from my own machine. It just didn't make sence to me. Jellyfin isn't perfect, or as flashy as Plex, but it works, looks fine, and its free, not counting a much deserved donation to the devs .

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[–] jagged_circle 17 points 23 hours ago (13 children)

Why would anyone even used Plex since we have jellyfin?

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[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 145 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I'm not pirating a bunch of shows just to pay Plex for the privilege of watching it.

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[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 71 points 1 day ago (6 children)

As a plex pass lifetime user, this doesn't change anything for me.

I am, however, blown away that the price went from $75 CDN to $350 CDN over the last 10 years!! That's just insane!

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 88 points 1 day ago (34 children)

If you don't like the price there's always jellyfin.

Got to say that I have been very happy with it.

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[–] profilelost@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 1 day ago

I've been meaning to set up a homeserver with plex recently but will defnitely go for jellyfin now that I read this thread.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago

Yeah, my lifetime Jellyfin subscription wasn’t quite that much, thankfully. 😆

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 148 points 1 day ago (27 children)

As a result I imagine more users will look at other offerings such as Jellyfin.
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin
https://jellyfin.org/

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[–] cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So basically.. this is a blatant cash grab, and a nearly 200% one depending on the level of service you pay/paid for. Wonder how long it will be before the lifetime pass is discontinued and everyone gets forcibly moved over to a monthly subscription model

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[–] zer0bitz@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Any Kodi users here?

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