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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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[–] 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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