Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours 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-square105fedilinkarrow-up1399cross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comselfhosted@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zipplex@lemmy.mlplex@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1399external-linkPlex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.www.plex.tvTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square105fedilinkcross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comselfhosted@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zipplex@lemmy.mlplex@lemmy.ca
minus-squareZorsithlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·13 hours agoIt reeks of “we’re routing your traffic through our own servers to check your media for piracy” to me.
minus-squarefakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoWhy would they check for piracy when it’s not them you’re pirating from and stopping piracy would remove the most popular use case of their product?
minus-squareEbby@lemmy.ssba.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 hours 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.
It reeks of “we’re routing your traffic through our own servers to check your media for piracy” to me.
Why would they check for piracy when it’s not them you’re pirating from and stopping piracy would remove the most popular use case of their product?
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.