Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week
arstechnica.com
Roku users will be hit first.

Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.

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  • nixon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    23·
    19 hours ago

    I believe if the server hosting the content has a plex pass then end users are allowed to stream from it without any additional subscription or membership. At least that is how it was several months ago when they announced this.

    But you are right, even with the above being true, there will still be a non-insignificant portion of users paying to stream from servers.

    • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
      51·
      15 hours ago

      Only old accounts are grandfathered into this for sharing libraries to other plex accounts.

      • nixon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        When did/does the grandfathering period end?

        I hadn’t heard that aspect of it before and would like to know more.

        Thank you for the info!

        • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          I don’t know maybe 2023?

          And the account had to have a Plex pass at the time.

          • nixon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            3 hours ago

            Ok, if you find any info on that please post it. I’m going to be on the look out for it and do the same if I find it.

            I’ve had a plex pass since before 2023 so this doesn’t affect me either way.

            But 2023 doesn’t sound right for when the grandfathering ended. I do not doubt that there is an end date for grandfathering but for that to have happened in 2023 sounds punitive towards their users and not a good long term strategy.

            Sure, enshittification and all that. I don’t doubt greed is the motive but they had to have known by ending grandfathering 2 years before implementing a policy like this would stir a user revolt and strengthen their competition. Especially with all the increased enshittification they have pushed out over those 2 years.