This is why we stremio
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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I thought it was pretty commonplace for people to just set up a vpn on their router and act like they're on their own network. I guess I'm an idiot, but I'm actually surprised people were paying for this in the first place.
Yet again, FOSS showing why it's always the way to go vs proprietary tech. So glad I started my self-hosting journey with Jellyfin!
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.
What "resources" do you need, exactly, to allow my friends to stream from my server?
for real though, such a dumb decision on plex's part lol
Developers to keep things up to date and secure. Which I wouldn't mind paying for, but instead they spend it all on making Plex a social media that emails your friends a list of shows you watch? I can tell you right now that other than "watch together" no one is using the Plex social features on purpose
Pretty sure they’re also sunsetting watch together lol
Just to make it clear to any other people reading this, Jellyfin has Group Sync where you can create groups with participants and syncplay media.
LMAO that's like 90% of the reason I went with plex in the first place. Just switched over to Jellyfin this weekend. Pretty seamless.
As long as you have Plex pass it's all good and nothing changes. That said, this was exactly my reaction. Plex expends exactly zero fucking resources for my server, so wtf is this shit supposed to mean?
I'm pretty sure that's corporate speak for "we need to drive plex pass subscriptions more so we need to lock more feature behind it."
This is 100% my opinion too.
I'm annoyed that I supported them and got a lifetime account on sale. At the same time I'm happy that I can take my time testing and moving my family and friends over to something else.
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They would charge you to watch your own DVDs if they could
.... A fee for adding content to each media, capped libraries? What is next?
Let's brainstorm guys ;D
nice try Plex
Fuck around with proprietary software and find out.
Still don’t get why people use Plex over Jellyfin
In my own house, or just myself. Jellyfin is fine. I haven't spent as much time on it though compared to Plex.
Plex has its own user auth, I don't need to manage that. My friends and family don't have to hit me up for password resets.
It has apps on pretty much every device.
Users can just log in. They don't need to know what server to type in.
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I am a lifetime Plex Pass User... I am not affected by their BS... Yet (watch together is going though).
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Inertia, mostly.
Of course Plex then takes advantage of that with the slow erosion of the free edition.
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I really don't see how anyone in their hierarchy thought this was a good idea.
There are at least 3 other competitors that moreorless work better than plex already does, without even having a subscription.
I'm amazed they decided to go this route, especially when migrating is as simple as uninstall plex, install competitor of choice(like jellyfin), and then just specify media locations.
the only real annoying part is remaking user accounts and losing watch progress/history, but there is usually a migration tool for that
The key difference is client app support for various platforms. Jellyfin is far behind Plex on that front, and I say this as a user and advocate for Jellyfin. That’s a huge hurdle for migrating even just family and friends users.
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Glad I moved to JellyFin years ago.
This headline is misleading. If the owner of the server has Plex pass than the users can use remote streaming as normal. If the owner does not have Plex pass, then the users need Plex pass to use that server remotely
Imo a stupid move by Plex, but as a lifetime Plex pass holder, no one that uses mine will have to worry so I'm relatively unbothered.
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It's pleasantly surprising that they aren't deep sixing the lifetime pass.
Yet.
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I'm probably gonna set up Jellyfin this weekend. Any tips for a first timer?
Take it slow.
Don't ditch Plex just yet but slowly transition the move.
Test it with your usual browser. If playback doesnt work, test with another browser or the phone app.
Set up docker. I ran an installation on Linux and on Windows for a few years but having it running from docker using external drives for library is a game changer. Always up to date. User files and settings Safed on a seperate folder so you can transfer it to a different os any time. Fantastic.
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If setting up official docker container looks hard, check out linuxserver.io's docker container for Jellyfin. Even HWA is very easy.
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Lol, OK Plex, cya.
They're honestly lucky I was willing to pay the $2.99 or whatever it was to be able to access MY server, using MY internet and cell data, to access MY media files from MY phone. Plenty fair a price for a nice app, might've paid a few bucks more but they can screw off trying to charge a monthly fee for... nothing in particular in my usage case.
Literally just set up Jellyfin w/ Tailscale which took all of 10 minutes and works just as well. GG no re 🖕
Thus to all proprietary software!
Was a little worried from the headline that it was being moved to another subscription tier.
I've owned a Plex Pass Lifetime subscription since it's basically been available. I've honestly forgotten Remote Streaming was a free service at this point.
I deleted Plex from my barely functional home server.
I'll give Jellyfin a try. I just want to be able to access my music away from home
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I've never paid even 1 cent to watch something online. Never paid for porn either.
I'm not about to start
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