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.

  • pwnicholson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    912·
    17 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·
        12 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·
          9 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·
          12 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·
      17 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”.