I was just forwarded this someone in my household who watches our server. That's it folks. I've been a hold out for a long time, but this is honestly it.
They want me to pay to stream content that I bought from my hardware transcoded also on my hardware.
I'll say it. As of today, I say Plex is dead. Luckily I've been setting up Jellyfin, I guess it's time to make it production ready.
Edit I have a Plex Pass. More comments saying "Just buy a plex pass" are seriously not getting it. I have a Plex Pass and my users are still getting this.
I'm very aware, that's why I said that. OP's users are unaffected. Everyone got the email. It doesn't mean that everyone is affected.
If I'm paying for a pass, and my users are getting emails that they need to sign up for a paid account, you better believe I'm getting annoyed. That's a plain cash grab.