Not because I believe I need to, but because I want the developer to continue to work on it.
Strange how so many people don’t have this same attitude towards the developers of Plex.
Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing
valkyre09@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThere are two types connection in this scenario
- Direct - no additional cost to Plex, using the port forwarding instructions you mentioned. No limit on bandwidth - the best (and most common) option
- Relay - for whatever reason your client cannot reach the server (CGNAT / port forwarding not possible / firewall on client side etc), Plex will act like a man in the middle & limit the connection to 2mbit. (Yup, megaBIT).
I switched away from Plex last year because they wouldn’t let me connect with my box in Hetzner. I’m now using Emby, ironically I’m also paying for Emby’s monthly subscription. Not because I believe I need to, but because I want the developer to continue to work on it.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 weeks ago
Evotech@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s just that they see Plex more like a faceless corporation now
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You do know what caused the Hetzner thing?
People were literally farming Plex in there. They bought a 2-4TB server in the auction and installed Plex and a content farm setup to feed it fresh content.
Then they sold access to the server until it was at capacity. GOTO 10
At one point Hetzner went “fuck this” and just banned Plex altogether. We can’t have nice things because some people are dipshits professionally.
valkyre09@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It was Plex that did the IP range ban because people were selling access to their boxes.