Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoPlex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.www.plex.tvexternal-linkmessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up1658arrow-down111cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.world
arrow-up1647arrow-down1external-linkPlex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.www.plex.tvTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square212fedilinkcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.world
minus-squareTeknikal@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·7 days agoSo they think it’s acceptable to charge people to access their own files. Good Luck with that morons.
minus-squareSirEDCaLot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoYeah this is why I don’t use Plex. At one point I installed it on my NAS. It goes through the setup, and then says I need to make a cloud account. Wtf? I am running locally hosted software on locally hosted hardware to access locally hosted files. Why do I need any cloud for this? I don’t. I uninstalled it.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoIt is enshittification for sure. At the core it makes sense to not have it free, since dynamic DNS is not free. However it is a very small cost
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoI pay a dude to access his files 😎
minus-squareTeknikal@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoAs long as their not Plex’s files I see no Issue that they should be compensated for.
minus-squareEggyhead@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·7 days agoI thought I read that there’s no charge if on the same network. It’s just for accessing your files remotely from other networks.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoAnd if server host doesn’t have premium.
So they think it’s acceptable to charge people to access their own files. Good Luck with that morons.
Yeah this is why I don’t use Plex.
At one point I installed it on my NAS. It goes through the setup, and then says I need to make a cloud account. Wtf? I am running locally hosted software on locally hosted hardware to access locally hosted files. Why do I need any cloud for this?
I don’t. I uninstalled it.
It is enshittification for sure. At the core it makes sense to not have it free, since dynamic DNS is not free. However it is a very small cost
I pay a dude to access his files 😎
As long as their not Plex’s files I see no Issue that they should be compensated for.
I thought I read that there’s no charge if on the same network. It’s just for accessing your files remotely from other networks.
And if server host doesn’t have premium.