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

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ahoy mateys, it's time to setup Jellyfin if you prefer not to pay for the privilege of self-hosting your own content.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27204525

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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they never said they needed resources for the remote playback… they said that they needed more resources - ie money to develop the software in general, and this are feature gating a useful feature to try and convince people to pay

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they never said they needed resources for the remote playback…

That's exactly what it sounds like to me...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

that’s fine… but it’s not necessarily what it says. it’s ambiguous at best, but if they’d meant they need you to pay them for resources then theyd probably say it more outright