I’m a Plex server owner, and I think the Plex Pass price increase is fair

For well over 10 years now, I have owned and maintained a Plex server. I first got started with Plex when I realized that to consume most of the media content I wanted meant signing up for 10 different streaming services — and even then, I still wouldn’t have access to everything. That’s a game I refuse to play, so making my own server with only the things I want and nothing else was the most obvious solution. Since then, Plex has become a massive part of my life. In fact, I recently wrote an article about my most life-changing pieces of tech, and Plex is there. The server has been fun to create and maintain, and it’s been an absolute joy to share my media with friends and family. On March 19, Plex announced some significant changes to its service, which included a hefty price increase for its subscription product, Plex Pass. It also introduced a new limitation to how people can remotely stream content from private servers like mine. These changes go into effect later this month. Con ... Read full article.