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

submitted 1 year ago by Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Paying devs

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

What does that have to do with my friends streaming from my server?

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

they never said they needed resources for the remote playback…

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

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year 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

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago

Their revenue stream is based on license fees for the software? So if they want to keep the lights on they need money

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago

Okay so you agree it's nothing to do with "resources" and everything to do with locking features behind paywalls to drive up revenue?

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

developers are a "resource" and they need to be paid. Do you want to keep getting updates for your server? Someone needs to do that and that someone wants to be paid in this case

[-] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Did they write their own software?

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

The software already exists, and has for decades.

[-] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then just ask them if they would share their work for free, or recreate it yourself?

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 year ago

They're already sharing it for free

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