Tea to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoPlex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.www.plex.tvexternal-linkmessage-square210fedilinkarrow-up1661arrow-down111cross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.zipselfhosted@lemmy.world
arrow-up1650arrow-down1external-linkPlex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.www.plex.tvTea to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square210fedilinkcross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.zipselfhosted@lemmy.world
minus-square@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish10•3 months agoIt reeks of “we’re routing your traffic through our own servers to check your media for piracy” to me.
minus-squareEbbylinkfedilinkEnglish12•3 months agoThey do have a proxy service, but it is optional. I have it disabled because my server is faster. I could see the proxy slipping behind a paywall as that feature has costs, but web accessibility? That’s basic function of a video server.
minus-squareKairoslinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-23 months agoThe proxy service is also encrypted end to end Edit: this relies on the Plex system being secure/nice though.
It reeks of “we’re routing your traffic through our own servers to check your media for piracy” to me.
They do have a proxy service, but it is optional. I have it disabled because my server is faster.
I could see the proxy slipping behind a paywall as that feature has costs, but web accessibility? That’s basic function of a video server.
The proxy service is also encrypted end to end
Edit: this relies on the Plex system being secure/nice though.
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