Very, apparently.
They use UPnP and NAT-PMP1 to have clients directly stream the media from users’ own self-hosted servers. It costs them almost nothing in bandwidth to do that.
Comment on Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April
RhondaSandTits@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience
How stupid do they think we are?
pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
To be fair, they didn’t say that they needed more resources for remote streaming
pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Fair enough, although that actually has worse optics IMO. It goes from “this costs us money, so pay us” to “we need money, so we’re creating an artificial reason for you to pay us”
Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Oh yeah, I am in no way arguing in favour of it
Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Here, I fixed it:
The reality is that we need more
resourcesmoney tocontinue putting forth the best personal media experienceincrease our profit margins.
adj16@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wait, why do you say this? I’m no Plex shill, this is disappointing news to hear and is the strongest push toward Jellyfin I’ve had yet. But they’re certainly a business with employees they need to pay, and their app has an objectively large feature set that needs to be maintained. Their employees deserve raises and benefits, and if costs are rising at the grocery store, they’re probably rising for businesses too. Why are we stupid to believe their financial burden is growing?