Plex will make you pay for your best free feature

PlexusThe self-service streaming service, which feeds the millennial house libraries for what it seems like ages, announced the upcoming prices for the later month in an amazingly comparative way. The company has set out its plans in a remorse Blog post about what will soon come true for long -time users. Plex increases the price of everything including now charging what will be his soon former Best free feature: Remote playback.

“This price increase will ensure that we can continue to invest special resources in the development of new features, while supporting and growing your loved ones,” Plex said. As of April 29, the monthly Plex Pass will increase from $ 5 to $ 7, while annual spending will be set at $ 70/year. Lifetime subscriptions also increase to more than double, from $ 120 to $ 250. If you want this Life Life Subscription, better to buy now. Plex leaves new users to lock in this fee before the deadline.

The company has exposed a roadmap to show that this whole change is for growth. Plex plans to bring more content focused on parents through the pipeline as part of his cooperation with the media Common Sense. (I’m sure Plex noticed most of the millennial libraries of parents who turn into living shrines dedicated to Disney, PBS and Nickelodeon acting.) Plex also plans to introduce a new app for desktop and mobile users and works on an open api that pulls more into even more Metadata About what you are looking at.

But while the new things sound nice, I can’t escape from stinging the loss of free remote reproduction. Plex does not even mention the upcoming changes to the remote reproduction until it has gone through all this – about two full turning through the web page of a computer monitor. Soon, if you are not home and want to play your Plex library and still don’t pay for a subscription, you will have to pay for remote playback. You will also have to pay if you want features like the ability to miss an intro song or end loans. This is probably the most significant stroke for a community that rely on Plex software for Streaming is already so expensive. If you want to watch your library away from home, you will have to pay. It also affects anyone with whom you share your home library. They will have to pay if they are not alone Plex Pass subscribers. Plex will offer a remote clock level for $ 2/month or $ 20/year.

Obviously, Plex is not immunized against an increase in prices that are happening throughout the industry. The company cites the need for “more resources” to make these changes. Other streaming services have also increased the prices of subscription, which is easier to only swallow, as there is a large corporation that was all this content. Plex libraries are personally cured by the people who assemble them.

This change with Plex comes at less than a convenient time in my life. I recently canceled YouTube TV after a large price increase to $ 83/ month for the main package. I switched to plans supported by ads for several networks where I watch TV and I have already saved a lot of money. I was planning to go back to my Plex library on the biggest part of the TV consumption where I have dozens of shows that I promised to watch all my amenities, including the three summers that cost youtube abrasions on the original Real world Series. If you want to share these seasons, you will first have to get $ 2/month. Or all of us will need Switch to JellyfinS