Plex has informed users that it will no longer allow servers to be run at a hosting provider where lots of TOS violations occur.
In an email to customers who run Plex servers at the large German hosting company Hetzner, Plex said that access will be blocked next month. It’s not clear if Hetzner is the only hosting company this applies to, but several customers confirmed that they received the same email.
Has anyone here on Lemmy got this notice?
Self-hosting is still in the green, but with this precedent who knows what Plex could do later.
In recent years, copyright holders have repeatedly requested Plex to take more action against piracy.
Their preferred method of logging into your own home server by going through their website should really give you pause when reading about how anti-piracy organizations pressure them.
Anonymous Data
In addition to the information described above, Plex collects anonymised data when users interact with our services. This includes:
Server / library data
DVR device information: manufacturer name and model
Surely Plex can come up with a way to accurately identify those that are actually running dodgy paid servers against the TOS and leave the smaller guys alone.
I know the whole idea of the shared library is already pushing laws to the limit but those that are running large scale paid servers will eventaully ruin it for everyone.
It's always the case of a small group ruining the whole thing for everyone. Identifying and removing big dodgy paid servers would be a good middle ground without punishing the others.
Wasn’t it Plex that led to LastPass getting breached?
I mean, why isn’t everyone using open source at this point? Companies are just clamming to suck up as much money as possible from people still stupid enough not to learn from what every other company has done! 🤦♂️
Lifetime passes vs monthly subs. FOSS equivalent product don't exist considering live TV guide, default SSL security, integration with settop media boxes, etc that Plex offers... jellyfin is close but far from the decades of polish and half baked features Plex have added