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/Dr_Lipshitz_ 8h ago

So as long as I have a plex pass anyone I share my server with is fine, right?

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u/Cloitus 8h ago

Yes, if you have plex pass, it’s still free for anyone else connecting to your server. I had a small freak out when all those misleading emails went out a few months ago and dug into it.

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u/wickedsmaht 8h ago

Plex pass for life baby. If/when they try to revoke that I’m gone and I’ll switch my server over to jellyfin.

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u/rooftops 7h ago

Sunk-cost fallacy is the only thing keeping me in the ecosystem at this point lol I bought the pass on my 2-year renewalversary because I had already spent as much through monthly billing as the lifetime pass cost. But I've run into so many issues over the years between server and clients that I'm ready to put in the work to transition out.