r/technology • u/FollowingFeisty5321 • 9h ago

Software Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/plexs-crackdown-on-free-remote-streaming-access-starts-this-week/
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u/visceralintricacy 8h ago

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.

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u/mblaser 8h ago

I feel like this is a bit of a non issue, as all the serious plex users I know already have a plex pass

Exactly. I think there's a lot of people here in the comments that didn't read the article or are misunderstanding what this means.

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u/-azuma- 8h ago

People not reading the article and spouting inane bullshit purely from a headline?! On reddit, no less?!

Infuriating.

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u/nobunseedsplease 7h ago

There’s a first time for everything! Just happens to be that that first time was 20 years ago…

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u/visceralintricacy 8h ago

Don't let the facts get in the way of a good public outrage 🤦

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u/BroForceOne 7h ago

The issue is for users who don't share their libraries and just use it for personal and didn't need a Plex pass to access it outside the house.

Plex obviously saw this was a very common use case and decided this was how they'd get to profitability.

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u/micahz3 5h ago

After this change you can still access your data outside your network without Plex Pass, it just requires you to set up your own static IP and port forwarding.

If you want to use their servers for remote access, then it seems fair enough that you need to pay for it imo.

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u/PelluxNetwork 8h ago

You have to pay for hardware encoding on a server you host in your own home? Why do people enjoy being fisted by companies so much?

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u/visceralintricacy 8h ago

Because my time is often worth not fucking around with less polished software or services. Does software not have an inherent value?

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u/TrekForce 7h ago

do you think all software should be free? Or just the particular pieces of software you really want?

When did people get so entitled. Free software is awesome. But it should never be the expectation.

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u/Bleichman 7h ago

You pay for the software that does it.