cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27204525
We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.
I dont agree that streaming files between my own devices is much of a service feature, especially since transcoding is done locally. That’s the feature, previously free, now being paywalled.
Jellyfin does this entirely self-hosted, for free, and open-source.
Plex has lots of cool features but they are paywalling the wrong one here.