Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing
drspod@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Trying to monetize the piracy of your users. That’s a bold business strategy.
Look, I know a lot of people could be using the sharing feature to share material that is in the public domain or that they own the copyright to, but let’s be honest: most of that sharing would be considered an “unlicensed public performance” by the MAFIAA.
Trying to monetize the piracy of your users. That’s a bold business strategy.
Some time ago, never mind how long precisely, Plex were trying to legitimise themselves, by adding streaming from official sources, etc.
I would be curious if this is meant to be a deterrent, or just to look like one by making piracy expensive.
It’s not that expensive. You can buy a lifetime pass for like $70 when it goes on sale. That’s like half the price I pay to Comcast each month for my internet.
Not anymore. They changed the prices and discounts by quite a bit.
to monetize the piracy of your users
that’s generally what gets sites and services in ‘trouble’
They sold to private equity a couple years back. The enshittification started that day.
They took VC funding (which is also bad), selling to private equity is very different (they strip mine businesses).
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Dotcom’s been doing it for decades and he’s rich as hell. Even after losing 95% of his money since 2012 he’s still got $10mil.