Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days agoNo I understand the benefits of open source software but this isn’t just a feature you can code in. Without portfords to the server, a VPN, or a reverse proxy, jellyfin would have to start hosting a service.
Is it technically feasible? I guess but seems like its both out of scope and not in the interest of the developers since the last thing they want probably want to get caught in is hosting streaming relays for everyone free of charge.
spicehoarder@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Technically literate people could host the relays.
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
HD/4K video streams eat bandwidth like a motherfucker. Gonna have to find some rich hobbiests for that.
I guess someone could start a nonprofit but you’re more likely to do that for the developers themselves first.
spicehoarder@lemm.ee 3 days ago
My point is if you’re paying anyone, it should be the maintainers and members of an open source project. But I’ve seen people host many other high bandwidth things for free so who knows.