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dantheclamman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I think people feel loyalty to Plex and I understand why. I even understand why they’re charging for self-hosting considering their costs of delivering the dynamic DNS, software development, content info, etc. But being closed source, VC funded, and with their core product an increasingly small part of their business, it’s all a powerful recipe for enshittification. Tech Altar has talked before about how enthusiast brands often betray their users

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Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I set up tailscale for remote access and it was pretty easy and painless. Maybe not as “average user” simple as plex, but no harder than setting up lan games to play across the internet that non techy people were doing in my high school 20 years ago.

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- dantheclamman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah with VPN it’s more straightforward. I wanted it accessible without which was more involved. Honestly the average user doesn’t even know what tailscale or wireguard are, so you are already advanced using those
  
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  - Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    That’s true, but tbh I only know about it because chat gpt put me onto it. I asked it how to access jellyfin outside my home and it told me tailscale and explained how to set it up pretty easily.
    
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AugustWest@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I got concerned when people started buying Plex hats. And being excited about that purchase.

I noticed that Logo on Hats people are willing to pay for is often a bit concerning.

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KneeTitts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Jellyfin was not a trivial set up for remote access

So, forwarding a port on your router was a difficult process?

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- dantheclamman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Nginx/caddy, dynamic DNS, buying a domain, setting it up with cloudflare is well outside the capabilities of most people. Took me a few hours to figure out
  
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  - MadBigote@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    So if I’m not behind a double nat, I can just forward a port like a civilized person?
    
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Auli@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
It was easy considering I was already using custom domain for Plex.

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