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Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April (www.plex.tv)
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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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[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

So the issue is kind of similar to bitwarden; how to protect the premium bits when having an open source core?
They just didn't handle it as gracefully.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/04/bitwarden_gpls_password_manager/

Here's the history regarding emby if you're curious:
https://github.com/nvllsvm/emby-unlocked


https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090553/https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/49862-source-code-license/#entry483544


https://web.archive.org/web/20181225073326/https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/issues/3075#issuecomment-408600161

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