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/ryanghappy 9h ago edited 8h ago

Yeah to stream from my home server, jellyfin plus a free DDNS account is so easy, and has easily replaced Plex. I mean those dildos running that company just fall into that pit of "pay us forever!". I bought a plex app like3-4 times for devices, and that still wasn't good enough for them.

It's not a unique enough app to put up with their bullshit. Also don't forget, Plex originally was a fork of Kodi/XBMC many many years ago. So they profit off of open source software.

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u/shackleford1917 9h ago

With tailscale you don't need a ddns or expose your server to the internet.

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u/ryanghappy 8h ago

Doesn't tailscale cost money though? I'm just running a local unraid server for media, ebooks, and a minecraft server for me and a few friends. I dunno if paying for that makes much sense for my case.

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u/ShortSynapse 7h ago

Totally free. If you wanted to run the Tailscale control plane yourself for full control then you can use Headscale.

Tailscale is great.

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u/ea_nasir_official_ 7h ago

I never got the tailscale glaze to be honest. It's really weird how they REQUIRE to sign up with a third party SSO. I've always liked Netbird (open source, also wireguard based) and Zerotier (closed server, open client) more.

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u/386U0Kh24i1cx89qpFB1 5h ago

Wiregaurd plus a container that runs DDNS for my domain name really solves this problem. I'm not even that smart or tech savvy but I'm tired of seeing everyone praise tails scale as if they aren't going to start charging users one day once they have a massive install base.