"a large number of Plex users use the software in violation of its Terms of Service (section “Content and Acceptable Use”, bullet items 1 and/or 6), thereforeall userswill henceforth be banned from using Plex."
Nah, actually we as the plex community need to pull our heads out of our asses and remember that the internet was doing just fine before cloud service providers came along.
That… has nothing to do with this? Plex (ignoring the plex pass streaming stuff) mostly just provides a library lookup feature and a solid-ish app and web interface to access your self hosted media.
In this case, the problem is that people are hosting their media libraries in The Cloud. Not because of The Convenience but so that they can instance them and sell access to said media libraries to pay off the hosting fees and turn a profit.
The number of people who are innocently hosting their media library in The Cloud are a fraction of a percent. And most are getting gouged massively on the cost of storage and bandwidth.
Pirates will move to self hosted if they can still turn a profit, which they can.
Self hosting is easy and convenient and doesn’t require a lot of technical knowledge. Plex are literally harming their own business model by driving away non-technical users with a sledgehammer solution that no one likes.
This is virtually akin to banning AWS or DO. Hetzner are a legitimate and widely used cloud platform.
This is akin to Google blocking Verizon because of some spam calls. A ridiculous premise that shows huge immaturity on Plex’s part.
"a large number of Plex users use the software in violation of its Terms of Service (section “Content and Acceptable Use”, bullet items 1 and/or 6), therefore all users will henceforth be banned from using Plex."
Nah, actually we as the plex community need to pull our heads out of our asses and remember that the internet was doing just fine before cloud service providers came along.
If you’re not self-hosting, it’s not your server.
That… has nothing to do with this? Plex (ignoring the plex pass streaming stuff) mostly just provides a library lookup feature and a solid-ish app and web interface to access your self hosted media.
In this case, the problem is that people are hosting their media libraries in The Cloud. Not because of The Convenience but so that they can instance them and sell access to said media libraries to pay off the hosting fees and turn a profit.
The number of people who are innocently hosting their media library in The Cloud are a fraction of a percent. And most are getting gouged massively on the cost of storage and bandwidth.
“Never trust a machine you can’t throw out a window.” - Steve Wozniak
Pirates will move to self hosted if they can still turn a profit, which they can.
Self hosting is easy and convenient and doesn’t require a lot of technical knowledge. Plex are literally harming their own business model by driving away non-technical users with a sledgehammer solution that no one likes.