• BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    Tl;Dr

    • Plex pass price increase (6.99/mo, 69.99/yr)
    • Non-LAN streaming from a personal Plex server will require either server owner or user to have Plex pass or the new “remote watch” subscription tier
    • No more $5 mobile unlock fee to watch in the mobile app, but now there will be a $2/mo “remote watch” subscription tier that unlocks remote streaming mentioned above

    I’m glad this won’t affect Plex pass (lifetime for over a decade in my case) users who are sharing their server with non-paying friends, but I also hope this entices more development in Jellyfin. If Plex decided to make it so that my non-paying friends can’t stream easily from my paid for Plex server, I need jellyfin to be a good alternative, and it currently doesn’t appeal to any of the friends I share with so something like that would probably get my friends to switch back to paid streaming.