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Starting this week, the Plex app for Roku will require a Remote Watch Pass or Plex Pass for remote streaming. This requirement will be expanded to other platforms, including Android TV, Fire TV, and ...

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Here's some bad news for folks who've been using Plex to stream stuff from a buddy's personal media server to their TV for free for years. As it pledged to do earlier this year when it bumped up the ...

Media server Plex announced in March that it would put an end to free remote streaming, but hasn't yet put the new changes into effect. That changes this week as Plex plans to pull the plug on free ...

If you’d like to lock in a Lifetime Plex Pass subscription at the current rate of $119.99 USD, you have until April 29, 2025 to do so. Prices for existing monthly and yearly subscriptions will ...

The Plex personal media server had long allowed remote streaming for free users. The company announced back in March that this would in future require a paid Plex Pass subscription, which was set to ...

Plex is a bit hard to explain these days. Even if you don’t know its roots as an outgrowth of a Mac port of the Xbox Media Center project, Plex is not your typical “streaming” service, given how most ...

Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee. Previously, people outside of a server owner’s network could ...

If you take advantage of streaming a friend or family member's questionably legal remote Plex library from the comfort of your own home, you're probably about to be disappointed. Plex recently ...