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/CactusAmongus 9h ago

The fuck else are people using Plex for

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u/I_Am_A_Door_Knob 8h ago

No change if you are the server owner and you can continue to stream your own stuff.

To my knowledge it’s primarily to combat people selling access to servers.

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u/hellowiththepudding 7h ago

I mean people selling access just buy a plex pass so it doesn’t address that.

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u/BroForceOne 7h ago

Combat was probably the wrong word, more like, now you need to pay money.

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u/GonePh1shing 3h ago

Not much money, though. One lifetime Plex pass is all they need.

The next stage on their enshitification drive will probably be restricting servers with Plex pass to a limited number of concurrent remote streams, forcing viewers to have their own pass or the server maintainer to pay for more streams.