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Plex users shit themselves and cry in confusion at this image
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Flash drives are okay for watching movies if you're okay postponing the movie for 30 minutes while you wait for the file to transfer.
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EITHER YOU HAVE 20 YEAR OLD HARD DRIVE OR USB 1.0 PORT BUT MINE TRANSFERS A 100GB MOVIE IN LIKE 10 SECONDS
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No, I use 5 dollar flash drives
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just watch it from the flash drive dingus
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Is streaming to the living room tv from the PC really this difficult?
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No. I forgot about that until now
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Plex is windows power user type shit "Im not like those filthy normies who use closed platforms like AppleTV and buy streaming services instead I pay plex a monthly fee to stream movies from my win blows PC to my Nvidia shield
" !linuxchads when you could just idk plug in a computer to your tv and watch stuff in a folder
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Nooo you don't understand I need to have a server running 24/7 and spend 2.5k on the latest hardware that's 10% faster at transcoding so I can stream movies to my homebrewed Soytendo Snitch on the couch, I can't just get a NAS and mount it as a wireless storage device on everything in my household, or use a SMB/DLNA share because... I just can't okay
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Wait I thought Plex was just some fancier interface for your server, people pay money for it to.. watch their own pirated movies?
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Yes, instead of using an SMB share and just using something like Kodi or setting up Jellyfin. R-slurs actually spend hundreds of dollars to watch their OWN content that they provide. Lol, lmao even.
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It's the fact that it tracks what you watch and can pick up where you left off. That's it.
I admit, whenever I wrestle with Jellyfin and its episode name detection bullshit or weebtitle frickups I ask myself why I couldn't just use a shared folder. I don't really care about shit like episode summaries or graphics or whatever. But progress-tracking is too useful to give up, and the gods of tech have declared we must suffer all this fricking complexity for such a simple thing.
I won't
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Just use emby
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What's the purpose
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Is that what Plex is? They deserve to get ripped off then.
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It's a media server yeah
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how is that legal? also what specifically does plex offer to watch?
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Nothing? It's a media server you host yourself, it's not an nzb/iptv service.
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So what do you even pay for?
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The tunneling that Plex provides, I assume through their own servers. You are sending the content through their servers and you can watch it anywhere remotely. You can do that for free though if you're smart enough and use something like Jellyfin.
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Using wireguard or tailscale to access your lan from anywhere is free and easy
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Good question.
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SaaS
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A media server? Why would it be illegal? It's just a way for you to stream stuff from your PC to a chromecast or firestick or something like that.
A load of either public domain stuff or with really, really cheap distribution rights
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It's just streaming software for your own media files. You have to have done the illegal activity yourself at some point to be able to stream pirate shit on it.
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I know none of you spergs have friends so FYI the main use case for PLEX is to share your media libraries with multiple friends- including non-technical ones who only understand apps. (PLEX has apps on basically every weirdo platform unlike Jellyfin and an actually usable UI).
If you only watch media on your LAN by yourself then yes, it's silly to use PLEX. If you want to run a bootleg Netflix for everyone from grandma to your bestie Billy Bob it's fantastic.
The pricing tier actually make more sense now since remote streaming is completely usable for user if the server admin has premium (which was $80 for lifetime at one point) vs. users having to do one off payments for the Android and iOS apps.
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i mean it's still just remote file access.
it's kinda stupid this even needs to be a paid service
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It's not for you. It's for normies.
My tech r-slurred father can log into Plex and access my library instantly with me just adding him.
No way he'd be able to follow me if I tried to b explain Jellyfin remote.
Dramatards not beating the allegations that they're the same as redditors when it comes to matters of family and friends. Or you're all just broke wagies.
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again it's just an interface to remote file access, with like a built in player ... why is this even a paid service?
why do fosscels spend their time building separate systems that all suck instead of a free service that doesn't?
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Because he has to explain it to normies and they have to use his technology to stream his dumbass movies
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I'm gonna use AI to stream all my movies. Can you give me a play by play of the first five minutes of lord of the rings but starting George Floyd as Isildur?
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Is'ildur' my neighbour? Well he is no'ildur', is he? I mean, if he is then he can't be dead, can he? Well he is dead, is he? The dude is dead, right?
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Alright now, here is the next scene. I need you to explain to me why Frodo is asking the dwarf to lend him a hand and he says to him 'What? I'm no'oldstrag'?
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I think it was their end game business stratergy
build up a service for free until its a big inconvenience to easily replicate with alternatives then pull access out from under people and paywall it to try and squeeze money from the large established userbase
The problem is you can't unfree something that was integral to the service itself, so hopefully another one will now rise to take it's place. I would uninstall and changed your PW for plex though because shit like this always ends up getting hacked because it pisses off giganerds
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bruh we're talking about streaming video files and packaging that up with a player.
this basic functionality has been replicated an absurd number of time, including this site.
i mean the whole ecosystem is most definitely built on free software that powers all the actual functionality, they're just selling a package with a UI
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I can believe it but you have to admit plex was by far the front runner for nonnerds to bridge the gap. The iphone dumbed down version of personal server-shit sharing shows between friends/fam.
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this shit is as r-slurred as the medical industry still running on fax. it's literally just networked storage with a video player. in fact that's literally all the video services are. honestly that's most of the internet quite frankly.
this only reason this wheel needed to be reinvented in the first place is cause codercels can't stop reinventing the wheel to fix their latest wheel reinvention, such that navigating through the endless amount of arbitrary and extraneous wheels reinventers is nontrivial due to the sheer number of times someone thot there needs to be another reinventable wheel laying around.
i get that all the normies only read the branding, and that's always new...
but it's truly that
from a technical perspective.
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Can you tell me the best replacement without forcing me to read tech jorno shit
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PLEX writes like 20 apps for various different services and keeps them updated.
They also host a proxy service so your friends can watch if your firewall is broken/fucked.
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I thought you were a fosschad, plus you can easily do all that on your own. Jellyfin also has apps on iOS, Android, Android TV, Firestick, LG WebOS, and Roku. So Plex doesn't even have that over it.
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Have you tried using Jellyfin for multiple friends and multiple libraries? I've used PLEX for a decade and it works for normies and techies alike.
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Smh my head. I expected more from you. So what if my server is currently down and I'm having to rebuild it just so I can watch my movies...
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I'm not a radical FOSStard, I'm pretty pragmatic in my software use.
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The point of plex is that it's plug and play.
Jellybin needs an expert and I have friends that are like that.
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Please stop drinking, your family loves you.
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I think you mean "please stop beating your family", friend.
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i mean like, wtf does someone even need to do that cause this really is just remote file access with a player built in.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
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It's about control, chud. The people behind Plex want to be able to control how the content is viewed.
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It's a nice interface with a mobile app and can cast to the Plex app on my TV.
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until this you didn't have to pay for remote access
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I get that argument but consider that normies or my grandma are scared of anything that's not developed by a billion dollar corporation and doesn't blast recommended slop at them, and they don't want to watch subtitled movies or shows anyway, I'd have to search for dubbed shit and separate it into a specific folder.
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I have like 10 different friends that it works for. I was surprised how far reaching some servers go.
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Can you search for content or does it have to be shared to you by the creator
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It just presents local media you've already obtained, the UI will search all your friends servers.
HOWEVER you can use other cowtools to make a "requests" system which allows your friends to request media they want and then your computer will download it for them, and add it to plex - it's all very slick! This is just the front end part- https://ombi.io/
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I need to download plex
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Jellyfin/Plex is mostly so your GF can also watch the r-slurred slop you see yourself, without fiddling with qbittorrent and HDMI cables, which no Dramatard can relate to.
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God bless YTS torrents for that shit I don't care about.
Takes up no space on my drive when I need to download foidslop for her.
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That's right king, we only save precious storage space for 4K UHD versions of Fight Club, The Joker, and Interstellar.
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No they just like a good UI
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Ok cute twink
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Miss me with that broke boi shit.
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Anyone r-slurred enough to not use Jellyfin or even Emby deserves this.
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Sweet I can finally cross off making a plex server from my todo list because its pointless now
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Use Jellyfin!
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No, use me for your media needs
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Are the media files stored in your balls?
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Yes, but I can always make more
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I'm not reading the comments. I'm here to serve!
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I'm surprised remote play was ever free. I only use Plex to stream films from my PC to my TV in the next room so hopefully that will stay free.
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Aw I was gonna set up plex so I can stream my collection while I'm travelling . So much for that
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I'd imagine you could just use Tailscale and use Plex as if it were local?
I use Tailscale and just mount my SMB drive when traveling.
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Yes. And using tailscale is probably the most secure way of doing it anyways, since it's just wireguard
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tldr; Plex is getting rid of their one time activation fee for using their mobile app and requiring users purchase a Plex Pass to access any media server running a free version of Plex Server. If you as the server owner pay for a Plex Pass, anyone accessing your server can still watch media for free (they don't need to get a Plex Pass).
Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with this. They're shifting the cost burden to server owners. If you have enough money to run a Plex Server, just buy the lifetime Plex Pass. It's only a one time cost of $250.
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Neighbors be buying unraid because they're too stupid to just run the arr stack on docker themselves on a Debian server, but won't shell out the funds for Plex and b-word about it.
The absolute state of techcels in 2025.
Either run Jellyfin locally and configure it for remote, or don't complain.
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Plex pass has had lifetime for so long that literally everyone I know bought it already for $80.
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I just watch my .mkvs on the 'puter
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Jellyfin is free btw (or emby)
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Literally no reason to use Plex over Jellyfin these days
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is this another service I am too much of a pirate chad to know what it is
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Its for the pirates who want to watch on their tv but are too kitty to be normal
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Why do they need to pay to do that? Cant tehy just wire their pc to tv or use flashdrive.
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I just run a jellyfin server.
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i'll probably be switching to it now. ive thought about it for awhile but it wasn't really worth the effort. this looks pretty gay though
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The only downside is you have to provide your own public access if you want to use it outside your network.
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no problem, i already do with plex. ive never paid these people a dime nor do i plan to
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Computers went to shit when they started making them for BIPOCs.
Snapshots:
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/plex-price-increase-remote-streaming-changes/:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
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people are going to pay it aren't they
they are going to pay so they can add extra steps to watching stuff they downloaded
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Even jellyfin is pointless unless you absolutely must use a smart tv app. Just buy a raspberry pi and plug it into hdmi and play the fkn file
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JF is nice for watch progress and media organization. It gets unwieldy when you have terabytes
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Wrong. How else am I supposed to show babes my exquisite taste at a glance?
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guess im gonna switch to something else then lol. I only host a plex server at my place to put stuff for my parents to watch on it
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Jellyfin master race
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it's pretty crazy that u can charge for that
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