Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPlex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.www.plex.tvexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1604arrow-down110cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.zipplex@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1594arrow-down1external-linkPlex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.www.plex.tvTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square194fedilinkcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.zipplex@lemmy.ml
minus-squareSwarfega@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·15 hours agoSo the media that I host is now no longer streamable when I am outside my home network? The fuck? That’s my server, my bandwidth, my electricity and they are blocking it?
minus-squareSirQuack@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoThat’s enshittification for ya. Meanwhile, all “lifetime pass” holders are encouraging this, while they have no skin in the game.
minus-squareSwarfega@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoAnyone investing in a lifetime pass because of these changes is really making a really bad decision. Plex is not going to get better. These shitty decisions will keep coming and eventually it will be something that affects the lifetime users.
So the media that I host is now no longer streamable when I am outside my home network? The fuck?
That’s my server, my bandwidth, my electricity and they are blocking it?
That’s enshittification for ya.
Meanwhile, all “lifetime pass” holders are encouraging this, while they have no skin in the game.
Anyone investing in a lifetime pass because of these changes is really making a really bad decision. Plex is not going to get better. These shitty decisions will keep coming and eventually it will be something that affects the lifetime users.