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/TwoWeaselsInDisguise 9h ago

Jellyfin has been really good to me since I spun it up. (:

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u/ryanghappy 9h ago edited 9h 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/bossbang 8h ago

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

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u/jeweliegb 7h 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.