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    Das Vorgehen von Plex gegen den kostenlosen Remote-Streaming-Zugriff beginnt diese Woche
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    Das Vorgehen von Plex gegen den kostenlosen Remote-Streaming-Zugriff beginnt diese Woche

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    6. SpaceGoonie on

      I haven’t used Jelly yet, but I see a lot of hate towards Plex from Reddit. In my experience using it to host media that I access primarily from my Xbox devices and computers at home it is pretty great. I do stream a show every once in a while, but the commercial breaks are a little too frequent for my tastes.

      They may go the full path of enshitification, but for now their need to become profitable is understandable and the moves they have made aren’t what I would consider anti-consumer. I’m less impacted by the changes than some, because I only allow media access to my local network and therefore haven’t spent a penny.

    9. Dr_Lipshitz_ on

      So as long as I have a plex pass anyone I share my server with is fine, right?

    12. forcedfx on

      I switched to Jellyfin when news of the remote streaming soon being disabled broke. Jellyfin has come quite a ways. Not as user friendly as Plex in my opinion but it works well enough. Definitely seems to be more picky about how you name your media than plex is though. Took me a while to figure out the naming convention. 

    13. itsDANdeeMAN on

      I consider myself pretty tech-savvy but after many times trying to dive into the subs on 🏴‍☠️ and setting up Plex or Jellyfin, I still have no place to start. 

      Does anyone have any steps I can follow to cut out all these streaming services? Is there any solution like Kodi that has all the recent shows/movies/and live TV?

    14. marvinfuture on

      Can’t you just VPN to the server and bypass this? Seems like it’s only for remote traffic?

    16. orphenshadow on

      The link is broken for me, whats the TLDR? No remote streaming without plex pass? I thought it was already a requirement to have plex pass to stream remotely. Are they now requiring both accounts to have plex pass or something?

    18. visceralintricacy on

      I feel like this is a bit of a non issue, as all the serious plex users I know already have a plex pass for hardware transcoding / into & credits skipping / etc…

      You’re probably not sharing your collection much without hardware transcoding.

    19. whobroughtmehere on

      Plex should crackdown on that update that ruined all usability of their app

    20. ContextMaterial7036 on

      Got the lifetime pass before they raised the prices, well worth it.

      Teied Jellyfin, but found the UI hard to navigate and the way titles and images are laid out it’s hard to locate the specific media I’m looking for in a list of titles.

      Surprised it took this long tbh… They incur costs anytime someone remotely streams the media.

    22. DenverNugs on

      Switched to Jellyfin a long time ago. Plex is bloated with unnecessary trash they get paid to shove on my screen. They also have had their data breached multiple times. Easiest switch ever.

    23. Jasoli53 on

      Important note: users only need a remote streaming pass if either they or the server owner don’t have Plex Pass.

      If you use a friend’s server but have Plex Pass, you’re good.

      If your friend has Plex Pass on the account that manages the server, you’re good.

    25. UpvoteMeMayb on

      Wait, does this mean Plex is going to boot me? My brother-in-law is the tech guy in our family and set up a server that we all have access to, even though we live in different parts of the country. We each use our own email addresses to log in

    26. bluehawk232 on

      I’ve been fine with jellyfin only thing that annoys me it fetches metatata from some crappy websites that can be inaccurate so I have to manually do it. I was wondering why many episodes of a show were labeled wrong and it was because tvdb or whatever went by broadcast order

    27. ovo_Reddit on

      While I can appreciate not everyone can or wants to buy the plex pass, this is ideal timing from them to lineup with their sale.

    28. MRdecepticon on

      Tailscale works wonders if you’re technologically savvy. I have it on all my family’s iOS devices and it just works if you turn it on before opening the plex app.

    29. oakleez on

      If you don’t have lifetime Plex pass, you’re just doing it wrong.

      Of course, I say that as a guy who paid $79 for lifetime about 15 years ago.

      If I didn’t have kid accounts and a few for extended family members and friends, I’d probably use Jellyfin.

    30. javiergame4 on

      I see people mentioning jellyfin. What’s the difference between that and something like Stremio?

    32. AndreLinoge55 on

      TIL the majority of people unironically use Plex for their streaming options and not to host their own media server.

      This is like watching porn for the writing.

    34. squrr1 on

      Can they crack down on breaking local streaming of your own library with a Plex Pass while also pushing 3rd party streaming services nobody wants?

      Please?

    35. LEN_42 on

      Jellyfin works well for me, I stream to our TV, 3 desktops a laptop and our android phones, sure a bit more set up than plex but it just works, I’m not a jellyfin guru by any means. Currently using my PC as the sever but have a decent one that’s getting hard drive upgrades to take over.

    38. Resident-Variation21 on

      Neat.

      If only a better option existed. We could call them Emby or Jellyfin.

      Oh well. That’ll never happen.

    39. PinchMaNips on

      My brother had a plex server with all the new and old movies…honestly hated it. It was probably something on my end, but it was the laggiest streaming experience I’ve ever had. Didn’t matter my settings, location or laptop. There are so many better free options out there.

    42. phantomeye on

      man, what happened to plex.

      I remember how they were selling plex licenses for lifetime, now they’re acting like they’re a streaming service.

    43. MasterDave on

      Kind of a bummer since I’ve been running the plex and letting other people watch from it.

      Not sure why it costs plex anything to do it, it’s all my bandwidth, my storage, whatever. I pay for the lifetime plex pass, but it sure sounds like my friends will have to pay for it too now?

      I’d switch, but I’ve got the lifetime pass. Maybe I could set up a secondary stream-only service for everyone else and run them simultaneously but that sounds like it might be painful on the server. Oh well

    44. Atlanta_Mane on

      I’ve known nothing but jellyfin my whole life. Why do people put up with this nonsense?

    45. mxguy762 on

      Damn I remember plex, had a ton of movies and shows on a server. Then the HD corrupted and I didn’t have a backup like a rookie. Haven’t fucked with it since but miss it dearly lol.

    46. Time-Industry-1364 on

      I mean. I assume a self-hosted VPN on a home firewall or router would bypass this right? That way you could stream anywhere and be on your LAN.

    47. shrimpynut on

      Been running plex for over a decade without the pass and has worked absolutely flawless for me the entire time. I use it every single day. I bought the pass months ago when they announced that remote streaming will require it. More than happy to support a company I’ve been using for a decade for free. I hope it sticks around for many more years to come.

    48. Diddy_98 on

      Sorry if this is a dumb question but wjat exactly is going on? I missed this big news and i‘ve seen some posts about it in the past few days. What exactly is changing?

    49. coldkiller on

      Seems a bit odd for a service that is almost exclusively used for watching pirated content thinking they can nickel and dime their userbase when theres alternatives that are better than them lol

    50. DisplacerBeastMode on

      So glad I moved away from Plex 6 months ago to Jellyfin.

      Fuck Plex. It’s useless now.

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