Plex has confirmed that it will require a Remote Watch Pass or Plex Pass for remote streaming on its TV apps. The change is going into effect for the Roku app first, followed by all other TV apps and third-party clients in 2026.

Earlier this year, Plex increased its pricing for Plex Pass and stopped supporting all options for free remote streaming in the Plex apps, such as adding a custom server connection in the app settings. The company said at the time, "The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature." That's also when Plex introduced the Remote Watch Pass as a less expensive way to enable remote streaming again.

Plex is now rolling out the remote watch changes to its Roku TV app. If you have Plex Pass, or the owner of the server you're streaming from has Plex Pass, you don't need to do anything. Otherwise, if you are streaming on a different network from the server's home network, you need Plex Pass or Remote Watch Pass.

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[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I'm sticking with plex personally. I have a lifetime plex pass already so no one else needs a pass to stream from my server. Aka, this changes nothing for me or my users.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

This is total "fuck you, got mine" energy. You're part of the problem. As somebody else who owns a Plex pass, I'm done with their bullshit. I downloaded Plex as a way to serve my content to my devices. These morons lost their way a while ago and became a dump, and clearly it's not getting any better.

Hopefully this latest big-brain move of theirs drives more users off their shit platform to one that's better.

But you have a Plex pass, so I'm sure it won't affect you when the money disappears and the company folds lol.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 1 points 55 minutes ago

See, I don't understand that at all from you. How have they lost their way exactly? Th9jga that you can turn off in settings piss9ng you off? Are you unable to stream your content with your plex pass that you already own? Can others not stream from you? Does your content Metadata not scrape properly? Explain you comment because it seems like you're part of the problem hating them for the sake of hating them. Getting "on the train" of hate as it were.

[–] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean, if you already have a lifetime pass, it's not like you're giving them anymore money or supporting them from here on out. Not sure how that's "fuck you, got mine." Who exactly is being fucked here? It would make more sense if Plex had a limited number of passes that people hoarded early on like boomers with property. In this case the financial side of things is already a done deal, and doesn't somehow deprive others of a resource.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You're saying you bought a pass, fuck all the people that didn't buy a pass. Sure other people could buy a pass, but why would you want to encourage them to do that and incentivize the further enshitifcaiton of Plex?

[–] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 minutes ago

I don't think OP said literally any of that, so I'm confused. OP already has a lifetime Plex pass, so OP is sticking with plex, since as the server owner, a plex pass covers everyone streaming from their server.

I'm still not sure who's being fucked in the context of what OP wrote. Either way, nothing OP is doing is financially supporting Plex, because that ship already sailed back when they bought a lifetime pass.

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

for now. I feel like it's only a matter of time before they say those lifetime passes are expired, or that the product has changes so much it's not valid, etc. they've proven they don't really care about the user base anymore, it's all about the money for them now unfortunately.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

They care about their users but who those users are has shifted. They make more money off of FASS so that is who they care about.