# Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/plex-s-crackdown-on-free-remote-streaming-access-starts-this-week/33320
**Category:** News
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**Created:** 2025-11-26T14:27:54Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @KevPham — 2025-11-26T14:27:54Z

> **[Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/plexs-crackdown-on-free-remote-streaming-access-starts-this-week/)**
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> Roku users will be hit first.

You don’t need to rely on closed-source services like Plex to access your media outside your home thankfully. Still a bummer that they are now enforcing their restrictions on remote streaming access this week though.

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## Post 2 by @anon57862721 — 2025-11-26T14:41:43Z

While there are companies penny pinching harder to more extreme levels against their customers, such things inevitably only leads to enshittification - we’ve all seen this movie before.

I just hope Plex realizes this and has a balanced approach that don’t go to extremes. This remote streaming lockdown also feels inevitable as a means to increase revenue. Sad it’s coming at cost of restrictions than actual innovation.

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## Post 3 by @jonah — 2025-11-26T14:54:22Z

Recent Plex app updates have made it a steaming garbage pile as well, so at least they are making it easy to leave them behind.

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## Post 4 by @anon57862721 — 2025-11-26T14:56:33Z

What happened with the recent updates? I’m on Jellyfin, not Plex anymore.