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|Website=https://plex.tv/ | |Website=https://plex.tv/ | ||
|Description=Plex Media Serer (PMS), originally a fork of XBMC, is a media server software with associated clients that allows users to host their own media. | |Description=Plex Media Serer (PMS), originally a fork of XBMC, is a media server software with associated clients that allows users to host their own media. | ||
}}Plex Media Server is media server software, with associated clients, allowing users to host their own media server on their own hardware, in a Netflix-style interface. Originally forked from XBMC in 2007, the software allows users to specify their own existing media as source, such as movies, music, and photos, and have this easily accessible on various clients, including a web client that works on regular computers. | |Logo=Plex_logo.svg}} | ||
Plex Media Server is media server software, with associated clients, allowing users to host their own media server on their own hardware, in a Netflix-style interface. Originally forked from XBMC in 2007, the software allows users to specify their own existing media as source, such as movies, music, and photos, and have this easily accessible on various clients, including a web client that works on regular computers. | |||
==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
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This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | ||
===Revocation of free remote access (''April 2025'') === | ===Revocation of free remote access (''April 2025'')=== | ||
In April of 2025, an announcement was made<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 Mar 2025 |title=Important 2025 Plex Updates |url=https://www.plex.tv/blog/important-2025-plex-updates/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/zsSN1 |archive-date=15 Aug 2025 |access-date=15 Aug 2025}}</ref> noting various changes. Of note, remote access would no longer be a free feature, and would require a remote access pass subscription. In addition, prices of the existing Plex Pass were increased. | In April of 2025, an announcement was made<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 Mar 2025 |title=Important 2025 Plex Updates |url=https://www.plex.tv/blog/important-2025-plex-updates/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/zsSN1 |archive-date=15 Aug 2025 |access-date=15 Aug 2025}}</ref> noting various changes. Of note, remote access would no longer be a free feature, and would require a remote access pass subscription. In addition, prices of the existing Plex Pass were increased. | ||
===Banning media servers hosted on Hetzner (''September 2023'')=== | |||
{{Main|Plex banning servers hosted on Hetzner}} | |||
In September 2023, Plex sent out an email to all customers on Hetzner IP addresses, stating that "the IP address associated with a Plex Media Server on your account appears to come from a service provider that hosts a significant number of Plex Media Servers that violate our Terms of Service"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-14 |title=Anyone else get this Plex notice? : r/Plex |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/16iqwf4/anyone_else_get_this_plex_notice/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=Reddit}}</ref>. In this email, they announced that they were blocking Hetzner IP ranges, starting from October 12th. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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