[afavour]

This was always going to be the fate of Plex. You can’t build a sustainable business off the back of most of your users viewing pirated content.

I say that without judgement, it’s just a reality. Open source was always going to be the path.

[sandcat_]

I'd argue that raising a bunch of venture capital is what stopped them from being able to be a sustainable business.

I paid for Plex for a long time but I no longer use it because I got fed up of fighting it. (I now use Jellyfin + Tailscale instead.) I think the problem with Plex is they aren't happy with what they are: a service for people viewing their own (yes, pirated) media library. They always wanted to be something more. Netflix envy.

But all anyone I know ever wanted Plex to do was handle their media library, perhaps offer a paid tunnelling system but otherwise get out of the way.

[dd8601fn]

I’ve always figured recurring costs require recurring revenue.

That killer remote user connection brokering can’t be free, right?

[jrm4]

Weirdest downvote I've seen. This isn't like, painfully obvious to everyone?

Maybe I'm old, but it feels like everyone has a little too much "business-brain."