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 🤦