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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.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (11 children)

I gotta be honest, when I look at the problem pragmatically, it'll be a lot easier to pay $20 a year than to switch to jellyfin and get all my users to figure out how to install clients and make it work for them.

I'm already at the point in my life where my primary concern is making things work smoothly, and if I need to throw money at something to make it work smoothly, the choice is a no brainer. (At least for some values of "money")

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Jellyfin works in the browser just like Plex.

And for now you can do that, but that's not the first, and not the last update trying to prevent people selling access to their server.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It definitely has some issues for ease of use. For example Jellyfin for some reason will not find the server on my network in any of the client apps, and typing in a URL by hand with a TV remote is not fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I use a firestick since it has app support

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah that's not the issue, it's just their auto-discovery not working on my network.

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