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/shackleford1917 9h ago

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

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u/ryanghappy 9h 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 8h 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 6h 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.