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Plex blocking Hetzner?
Looks interesting: https://reddit.com/r/selfhosted/s/gXClXwWRPz
It's unclear to me at the moment what the details are, but Hetzner looks to be the common link. This is a pretty big deal, I could see a whole lot of you cancelling servers as a result.
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It certainly appears Plex is targeting Hetzner, looks like widespread abuse on there networks, to many complaints, similar to the IPTV crackdowns going on.
Wonder which part of their TOS this involves?
People seem to be theorizing that it's related to people selling access to plex servers packed with pirated content.
Yeah, seems to be the consensus from reading OGF and Reddit. From that lens it makes the email hilarious — “if you’re sharing pirated content pls do it from another server or at home”
It's clear.
you forgot the "kthxbai" at the end
Yea but why would plex really care
To not end like Kodi did. Raped by copyright cartell.
Good thing that my media server doesn’t report what I’m running it on back to the devs!
Jellyfin + Infuse = ❤️
Jellyfin + Hetzner + Indrive = ❤️
I use Kodi with Jellyfin plugin on Raspberry Pi 3 and the native apps.
I never tried Plex. even though there is lots of discussion about it. I really need to make time and try this thing.
what happened to kodi
so their plan is to block datacenter IP ranges? they clearly didn't learn from Netflix doing that for years and failing at it, every mainstream VPN has an option to bypass that blocking so I'm anticipating that bypassing Plex blocks will become a differentiating factor for VPNs soon lol
Kodi destroyed by plugin developers selling "fully loaded" kodi boxes on amazon. Kodi was pwned by maffia and banned majority of plugins for iptv. This broght them catastrophic fall of users and development stagnation. They are dead.
Same thing will happen to Plex if it goes this route. Meanwhile VPNs will increase sales because they will add Plex connections as a feature.
Though about cancelling Infuse to save some money
Previously it was absolutely needed for me, because of the Jellygin app’s webview player needing to transcode everything
Now with the beta native player that can be enabled in settings, streaming isn’t impossible without Infuse anymore
Edit: Nope, a buggy mess, Infuse it is, at least until its out of beta
Jellyfin-Kodi plugin makes Kodi relevant again, no shite web UIs or transcoding
If someone ever resurrects Kodi DSPlayer there will be no better media software. All Kodi is missing is the likes of madVR
Kodi UI stuck in 99 tho
TorrentFreak article https://torrentfreak.com/plex-will-block-media-servers-at-prevalent-hosting-company-230915/
That sucks.
Stop using Hetzner, get a server at home.
Good, I hope they go through with it. It'll bring the auction prices way down again.
This could probably be bypassed by using a VPN with port forwarding (like AirVPN)?
This can be bypassed by any VPN; you don't need to port forward for Plex to work. (afaik) (worked without it for me)
that is correct
their implementation appears to just be to block from those source IPs, so gluetun your container and be on your merry way until you're blocked again
repeat ad infinitum
Isn't plex auth mechanism doesn't require internet access to watch movies even if server is local? I mean to register new plex instance, you must go online and at that moment you get pwnd by plex.
Try Stremio + Torrentio + RealDebrid. Cheap and you have literally all possible content at your disposal and max quality without having to download anything at all first.
I don't even use RealDebrid, Stremio + Torrentio is amazing though.
just keep Plex private innit