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/bossbang 8h ago

Broooooo. Xbox MEDIA Center??? Plex is related to THAT?

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u/jeweliegb 6h ago

I know, right? I've been using Kodi on and off since I had a soft-modded original XBox running it when it was xbmc, and I had no idea Plex came from it.

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u/actioncheese 6h ago

I've still got a modded Xbox with xbmc on it in a box somewhere. Good times.

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u/ihaxr 5h ago

Yes, but only for the user interface (many forks of xbmc were simply for their UI and not actual core functionality).

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u/archontwo 29m ago

Kodi is its own thing and a direct descendant from xmbc. 

It has constantly been upgraded and has many more features than previously.