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  • And all those things were “taken” because they followed apple’s lead who took all those things first. Losing sideload capability is yet another fallow the leader act they’re doing to be like apple.

    As for more expensive, disagree there. That’s only the case if you go with high end sansung phones, but you can get android phones for much cheaper with still decent hardware, and it (currently) can do all the things apple does. You cant buy a cheaper apple 17 then the 2 models they give you. Also the hardware differences are so minor between Samsung and Apple, its laughable to call one “better” so your ppst really comes off like a fanboy talking about something you dont understand.










  • Probably because it works well, and has working clients on everything at this point. For some, a one-time fee was worth it when it was cheaper.

    Sharing is also easier, as your friends just sign up to a plex account and you share your library with them. No need to send them an ip address and port, or fqdn that you have to maintain if your isp changes your ip address. It has its benefits, tbh, and the core sharing features still work for streaming. All the extra crap you can just turn off.

    That why I think its still popular.



  • Here’s a link directly from plex website.

    Specifically, this bolded section:

    IMPORTANT NOTE FOR CURRENT PLEX PASS HOLDERS:
    For users who have an active Plex Pass subscription, remote playback will continue to be available to you without interruption from any Plex Media Server, after these changes go into effect. When running your own Plex Media Server as a subscriber, other users to whom you have granted access can also stream from the server (whether local or remote), without ANY additional charge—not even a mobile activation fee.



  • Not quite. Only if users want to stream from a server that doesn’t have a plex pass, in which case the user needs a plex watch pass.

    If you (the server owner) have a plex pass, all users (even free accounts) can stream from you without a pass.

    If you (the server owner) do not have a plex pass, then the users need a plex watch pass to stream from you.

    Essentially, they’re making sure one side or the other has paid, but free to free is being stopped.

    Local stream isn’t affected by this either, only remote streaming. As someone who has had plexpass for 12 plus years, it doesn’t affect me or my users.




  • Your users are getting that because they have a plex account that they use to stream. They might stream from just you, but they could stream from any other shared server they’re connect to. That’s why they get this email.

    If you have a plex pass and are a server owner, they can ignore this and keep streaming from you for free.

    If they try to stream from a server owner who does not have plex pass, it won’t work unless the user themselves have a plex watch pass, which let’s them stream from any server that doesn’t have plex pass.

    Since you have plex pass, your users won’t be impacted at all.