Important 2025 Plex Updates

Update 4/30/25Since publishing this post we have changed how remote streaming works for personal media libraries, and it is no...

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Plex reneged on “remote people can stream for free as long as the server owner has a [paid] Plex Pass" and it’s now “remote people _also_ need to have a Plex Pass or a $2/mo / $20/yr sub"

Do not dig it.

(Or, I'm grossly misunderstanding things. Which would be great! But if so, this clause at the top is VERY unclear)