Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week
arstechnica.com
Roku users will be hit first.

Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.

If anyone needs it: https://jellyfin.org/

  • piyuv@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I’ve never used jellyfin, but do they also host proxy servers? AFAIK plex does and its costing them money, hence the need for paywalling this. You can still use tailscale and reverse proxy to allow remote streaming

    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      4 minutes ago

      Jellyfin does not host anything. With this change free Plex users behind a reverse proxy (or VPN) and Jellyfin users behind a reverse proxy (or VPN) work the same for remote access.

      The only difference is that Plex no longer provides expensive services for free, while Jellyfin never provided them.

      • piyuv@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 minutes ago

        This is my understanding and I’m surprised with the negative reaction. I think jellyfin is the better alternative being FOSS but this is not the reason.