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

submitted 1 year ago by Sl00k@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely not, fuck Emby with a branding iron, they're far shittier than Plex's decisions.

At least Plex started out as a for-profit company and has never misrepresented themselves as anything but. Unlike Emby.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, as far as I’m aware Emby hasn’t started their own streaming service and pivoted away from their self-hosted oriented position, or shoving a bunch of bloat into their server software. They haven’t shoehorned a bunch of unwanted social features into it either. If you were fine paying for Plex five years ago, you’ll be fine with Emby.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea because like I said, they're on an enshittification train on the same track just some stops behind, except they started with far worse decisions

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

It sounds like they haven’t even made their first stop, nor do they even have the train yet. And it seems like none of those bad decisions have even been made yet.

I guess you could predict that one day they will start their enshittification journey, but that day is not today.

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

fuck Emby with a branding iron