Doesn’t it use their servers to set up the connection between the client and the host? And I seem to recall that if you have a double NAT situation (or something like that) then it will actually stream the content over their servers as well.
Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing
Tanka@lemmings.world 5 weeks agoDon’t you understand it’s a feature that doesn’t require any of there servers. It uses your internet. They could charge for other things but this one, no.
Mendicant_Bias@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
But the remote streaming uses their servers. If you wanted to direct stream without involving your servers you already needed a vpn
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
But they develop the software and need to fund that regardless of technical reasons.
Tanka@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
Ok, they can still do that for better features and not just for something that can be done for free. They also went public and made a lot ofoney which now the investors also want. Not my problem.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
There are other options if you want something entirely free. I’m actually surprised that feature was ever free.
Tanka@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
Because you port forward and share your device to the internet and not use their server. It’s obvious why it was free lol. Why are you suprised? And there were thousands of alternatives to plex that needed pay so it was obvious why they would make a free feature a free feature.