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Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April (www.plex.tv)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[–] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don’t ever connect a “smart” tv to the internet. It’s only going to become shit and steal your data.

Raspberry Pi, old pc or any kind of other external player will always be better for connectivity and control.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I agree, but having looked down this road, finding a quality external player that users will understand and is inexpensive is ... not easy.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    True, but there's not much one can do about others' stubbornness. I've been using cheap Android boxes with Kodi or the JF client installed. They make sense to my non-techie family. Dedicated boxes are better (something that can run CoreELEC, OpenELEC) but those are harder to find.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Roku does it well enough. not perfectly but it's still not as shit as my Google tv

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    Facebook made one. They attached a gorgeous voice-controlled video-chat-on-tv setup to it, and released it just as they lost all consumer trust.

    Then they decided it wasn't selling.

    So they killed it instead of open-sourcing it

    just saying.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    While I agree with you 100% and every tv in my home is under this mantra I get where the parent comment is coming from. Family members and friends visiting have asked about access to my Jellyfin library and they aren’t necessarily keen on buying additional hardware, aren’t willing to educate themselves on setting up options that would be objectively better for connectivity, privacy, control, etc.

    They just want an app in their TVs app store. It’s convenient and easy. I disagree with them but I don’t blame them. It’s human nature to go for the option that results in expending the least amount of effort. But then they don’t get my sweet Jellyfin library. If you cant run the client or kodi then I can’t help you, sorry.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Remember when programming a VCR was a stand-up comedy joke?

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