Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
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Re: Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
#2I'm not against them punishing people who violated the policies, but this doesn't look like a good solution to that problem.
Re: Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
#3A service that exists to enable piracy is banning piracy? Good luck :P
This is like when OnlyFans tried to ban porn. Just close up shop then.
I mean let's be honest. Piracy is the raison d'etre for Plex just like porn is for OnlyFans.
Re: Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
#4Thats odd, I thought it would've been the other way around. More reason for people to move to Jellyfin/others
Re: Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
#5> Got it. So they want to show the lawyers that they’re doing something to “combat piracy” even though they know it will do absolutely nothing and result in a bunch of pissed off legitimate customers.
What would be a better solution, legitimately? Plex is ripe for lawsuits from media giants in every corner of the world, so even if their software isn’t illegal, they’re always going to have a target on their back and enough lawsuits will bankrupt them anyways.
Re: Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
#6The efforts to "go legit" from Plex are entertaining. They're cutting out the piracy like they're going to find something else under there.
"these pirates, who constitute a percentage of our business that rounds to 100, are really getting in the way of our business"
Re: Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
#7Already discussed:
Re: Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
#8> Got it. So they want to show the lawyers that they’re doing something to “combat piracy” even though they know it will do absolutely nothing and result in a bunch of pissed off legitimate customers. What would be a better solution, legitimately? Plex is ripe for lawsuits from media giants in every corner of the world, so even if their software isn’t illegal, they’re always going to have a target on their back and e…
Are there any new efforts to build an open source plex alternative? I know about Kodi, but it has its own glaring issues.
Re: Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
#9Oh, so that's what this email was about.
I have already moved my plex to a home server prior to this, but this anti-consumer bs is just enough of a final push to move over towards the better alternatives.
Good riddance
Re: Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
#10> Got it. So they want to show the lawyers that they’re doing something to “combat piracy” even though they know it will do absolutely nothing and result in a bunch of pissed off legitimate customers. What would be a better solution, legitimately? Plex is ripe for lawsuits from media giants in every corner of the world, so even if their software isn’t illegal, they’re always going to have a target on their back and e…
Are there any new efforts to build an open source plex alternative? I know about Kodi, but it has its own glaring issues.
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