Important 2025 Plex Updates
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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.

  • mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    16 hours ago

    IMPORTANT NOTE FOR CURRENT PLEX PASS HOLDERS: For users who have an active Plex Pass subscription, remote playback will continue to be available to you without interruption from any Plex Media Server, after these changes go into effect. When running your own Plex Media Server as a subscriber, other users to whom you have granted access can also stream from the server (whether local or remote), without ANY additional charge—not even a mobile activation fee. More on that later in this update.

    I guess that’s something.

    Gonna be a long slow explanation to my family and friends how to switch to jellyfin. Hopefully there’s an app ecosystem there as well. I was lucky to get a lifetime pass way back in 2009 when I did some work for them. It’s very different now.

    • CmdrShepard42@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      Anyone know if they’re referring to Plex “Home” users or anyone you’ve granted access to here? I used to just hand out my credentials with my admin account pass code protected but now I make people create their own accounts and just grant them access.

    • 032 Mendicant Bias@feddit.ukEnglish
      21·
      12 hours ago

      Why do you need to explain to your family and friends how to switch to Jellyfin, if you have a lifetime pass and therefore aren’t impacted at all by this announcement?

      • mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        12 hours ago

        Just because I and my family benefit now, doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way. Also again, I don’t want to support or platform an app that charges others, who are not me, to share their own collection.

        If they want to charge for the Plex TV or Plex Movies they host, and leave the app free of cost for a person’s own personal collection to be shared. That’s fine.

        I have no confidence that’ll happen though.

    • PhAzE@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      14 hours ago

      If you have plex pass lifetime already, your family can still streams fully from your server. Nothing changes here.

      • mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        14 hours ago

        Yes, that’s great for me and mine, but not for others. I don’t like to support or platform/promote applications that require a subscription for any access at all.

        The problem is Plex aren’t Netflix in my usecase. I’m sharing my library with my friends.

        Now if they’d like to charge for the content they host. Great more power to 'em, but I feel icky with a payment or subscription model that charges to deliver my collection to my friends and family.

        So, like I said. I’ll likely start migrating to jellyfin and start the conversation with people in how to get the jellyfin app on whatever device they have.