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.

  • hydrashok@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    4 days ago

    I could see how you could see that, but previously if you weren’t a Plex Pass holder, you had to pay a one time fee to activate the Plex app to steam for more than 60 seconds (IIRC) remotely. How is this any different? If anything, it makes it cheaper because of the server owner is a Plex Pass holder, none of their users need to pay anything, versus today where it’s $5 per device unless you’re in a Plex Home covered by a Plex Pass.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      what’s cheaper is leaving the platform that’s trying to shakedown my users for $7 a month for a service that has been free for them for years. If they couldn’t tell the difference, then they shouldn’t have sent the email.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      what’s cheaper is leaving the platform that’s trying to shakedown my users for $7 a month for a service that has been free for them for years. If they couldn’t tell the difference, then they shouldn’t have sent the email.