Plex is dropping a popular feature from its new streaming apps
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First launched during the height of Covid, Plex’s Watch Together feature won’t make the cut for the streamer’s revamped mobile and TV apps.

Obviously they got outside pressure to remove this because of muh ease of piracy sharing

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Honestly I really don’t like how self hosted streaming services have been lumped into the same category as piracy. I have no issue buying media. If the law says I can’t share it outside my household I will comply without arbitrary software locks.

My concern is that media companies will go after Jellyfin. They don’t really need to win all they need to due is bankrupt everyone involved.

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Don’t worry, there are countries where it’s perfectly legal to rip your own physical media and use it in a digital library. There are some countries where it’s even legal to download a pirated digital copy of your owned media.

Jellyfin will remain, and even if the capitalist pigs try and go after it - which is already close to impossible - they’ll find shelter in a country with moral values.

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Yeah that’s not how that works.

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That’s exactly how it works.

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