It’d fit the privilege of using someone else’s software.
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melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month agoIt seems deeply opposed to the spirit of selfhosting to have to pay for the privilege of accessing one’s own server. If the software itself cost money, that would be one thing, but this whole monetization scheme is skeevy.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 month ago
melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
It’s the confusing mess of subscriptions and seemingly locking basic functionality behind a paywall that’s skeevy, not paying for software itself. I have happily paid for software before and would again. Plex has never appealed to me though, and they’re certainly doing nothing to make themselves more appealing.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 month ago
Remote streaming means to people outside your home. You can just use a VPN and won’t have to pay a dime, just like you wouldn’t when you streamed to you TV at home. They offer servers that help lunch through more aggressive NATs and allow its users to just install the app and access the content from anywhere without having to worry about a VPN or something.
I honestly find it baffling that so many people are opposed to lay for a service they are using. Probably shows that most people that pirate are cheapskates rather than anti drm