I tried testing a movie from my home server in plex through firefox and repeatedly got this message, even after reloading.

I knew that they had paywalled the apps on mobile and streaming from outside the network but now they have also blocked watching your own movies through your own hardware.

I do get the point that making software should be able to sustain people but I dont see the move of plex as a fair thing to do. Yes, they have made great software but taking your home server hostage feels like the wrong move.

Even a pop up that says “we need you to donate please” would have been fine. make it pop up before every movie, play donation ads before any movie but straight up disabling the app is kinda cruel.

Anyway, i have switched to jellyfin and it is insanely good. please give it a try. you can run it alongside plex with not issues (at least i had none) and compare the two.

In any case, good luck. Let me know if you need help.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    872·
    18 hours ago

    Every non-Free Software will betray you eventually. It’s only a matter of time.

    • Retro_unlimited@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      5 hours ago

      I just wonder if plex will ever sell the list of movies and IP address of everyone. Many people have the ARRs to auto download, even stuff still in theaters. What good is a VPN when plex knows your email and IP.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        4 hours ago

        Honestly, I’d be rather shocked if this wasn’t already the case.

        Moreover they probably have a database of everything you’ve ever watched and your IP and email address, just waiting to be leaked to the internet through sale or ransom.

    • pwnicholson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      910·
      14 hours ago

      I thought free software was when you were the product and non-free software actually supported developers.

      Or do you mean non-OSS?

        • Nilz@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          9 hours ago

          I thought we switched to libre for that definition and since then used free only as in free beer.

          • MouldyCat@feddit.ukEnglish
            5·
            6 hours ago

            I thought we switched to libre

            Maybe some people did. Thing is there’s a whole rest-of-the-world out there, and they didn’t necessarily get the memo or are happy with the existing way.

          • DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nlEnglish
            3·
            8 hours ago

            Libre (from French) is sometimes used to solve the ambiguity of the word free in the English language, but it sounds kinda awkward in English and there’s certainly no consensus that this should be the official replacement, or that the term free even needs replacement.

            Furthermore, the FSF who originally came up with the idea of “free software” still exists and is still called the Free Software Foundation, though Stallman uses both terms interchangeably.

      • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        13 hours ago

        Yeah, the wording is confusing. A long time ago, there was no paid software, there was only software where you got the source code and other software where e.g. it was pre-installed on some hardware and the manufacturer didn’t want to give the source code.

        In that time, a whole movement started fighting for software freedom, so they called their software “free”.