Because you are hosting the server software on your own hardware. That’s literally self-hosting. Plex provides a way to remotely access your server through their own network as well, which is optional.
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Sivilian@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I am curious as to why people thing Plex is self hosting if Plex can change how your server functions? I have never personally considered it self hosting but do others still think it is?
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The problem with Plex is it isn’t fully hosted. Plex controls user passwords. You can’t use it without logging into their servers.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 month ago
You can access it through your local network without authentication. Add a vpn and you got the same setup Jellyfin fans will praise
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not really. The first local login to configure it requires a Plex account. And that account times out maybe monthly? It seems every few months when I remote to the Plex server it wants the plex account to login.
KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
On a side note: you can remotely access any service running on home network via Tailscale[1] / Cloudflare Tunnel. Your services are never exposed on Internet. Moreover, you don’t need to rely on Plex for that.
[1] tailscale.com [2] developers.cloudflare.com/…/connect-networks/
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Tailscale is going public, so I don’t really them anymore. I used Cloudflare tunnels for a while, but I strongly dislike being dependent on them for accessing my own network, and I don’t like how they clamped down on “anti-piracy”. There are some legitimate sites I still can’t access (dirtbike parts and whatnot) because Cloudflare straight up blocks access to them.
KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Tailscale is going public, so I don’t really trust them anymore
Even if the source code is open?
dustyData@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Go with pangolin. You can easily host the control layer either on a cheap vps or your own internet exposed server. Same features as tailscale although with a bit more complexity.
magguzu@midwest.social 1 month ago
By your logic the *arr suite isn’t self hosted either since they rely on metadata cache servers.
In fact Jellyfin relies on external services for their metadata too!
femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Plex is self hosting, the auth is not.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Actual answer.
Sivilian@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
So is the auth needed to set up your plex in the first place? It has been forever sence I used it.
metaStatic@kbin.earth 1 month ago
no, the auth to use it at all ... internet goes down and you can't watch your own movies on your own network. peak self hosting.
femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
You can add IPs that are allowed to use it without auth. The software itself is running on your own server.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 month ago
That’s simply not true. You can just set your local ip range as unauthenticated and use it to your hearts content without an internet connection.
Sivilian@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Ok that is good to hear!
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 month ago
why stop there! let’s do the same for all the “self-host” projects that use CDNs or remotely hosted resources.
it’s not self-hosted unless it’s 100% hosted locally.
needanke@feddit.org 1 month ago
Right, he who does not rely on someone elses DNS-server shall throw the first stone!
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
How is that any different than any other software package? Unless you’re coding it yourself, things can be changed without your permission.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And even if you do code it yourself, you may have dependencies that do undesirable things outside your control.
Sivilian@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Jellyfin I don’t have to update if I don’t want to. Jellyfin can’t force me to update by taking a function I currently have away or force my to pay to keep using it the way I currently am. With open code I can fork it and keep it at the version I want if I choose.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
At least for now. Jellyfin was spawned from Emby who also decided to go closed source at one point. You’re still at the whim of strangers and what they want to do with the product they developed.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You are a bot? That’s what I’m seeing in Boost anyhow
Sivilian@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Just asking a question looking for answers, not a not. Cheers mate.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sivilian@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
WTF that is bull
Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
it’s just a sivilian being sivil.
anas@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You appear to have labeled your Lemmy account as a bot account.
jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 1 month ago
Yes. It’s running on my server. That I host.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
And you fully control the service?
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Depends on how you use it. Doubtful anyone here has the Plex devs on payroll… Not any other self-hostable softwares devs … updates will come.