Hey guys, I definitely didn’t want to start any wars here, but are there any talks about allowing users to apply to get unbanned from Hetzner ranges I’ve been a Plex user for a long time and I can 100% prove that I know every user that I share with.

[image] Not Allowed to use Hetzner Plex Media Server Did anybody else receive notices about Plex shutting down access to servers hosted with Hetzner? Is anyone else pissed off about that?

Thanks I’m aware of this thread. I assume that means that Plex doesn’t care?

[image] mxm1234: but are there any talks about allowing users to apply to get unbanned from Hetzner ranges I’m sorry there is not

Can you comment on whether this was specific to EU? If I go through the trouble if migrating to OVH or somewhere else, will Plex eventually act on these too?

[image] mxm1234: Can you comment on whether this was specific to EU? Only that one hosting provider that is affected currently. That provider is based in the EU but it affects anywhere they provide services. [image] mxm1234: will Plex eventually act on these too? If some other hosting…

This is very confusing. If I understand correctly you banned the whole Hetzner provider from being able to be used with Plex? Why would you do that with all IP´s of the provider if a lot of users are using these providers servers to avoid having to buy a local NAS, UPS, etc.? Or are you banning on…

Typical non-answer. This was a drastic overreaction. Anyone actually violating your TOS probably has enough infrastructure to not see any downtime Everyone else used a VPN and was back online in a day or so. What did you actually accomplish? You need to allow people to appeal. I think all this sho…

[image] mxm1234: I assume that means that Plex doesn’t care? Not sure what you mean. Assume they did it for a number of reasons. One or more may not apply :slight_smile: Required to do it by third parties for potential copyright issues Required to do it for financial reasons Just because L…

I don’t believe they’ve thought this through and I’m guessing that’s because they did it in the face of a significant legal threat. I also suspect that the opacity of how they’re implementing this results from their own lack of certitude about whether what they’re doing in response to that threat is…

[image] banjopotato: And why is there no whitelist of other providers? Because Plex don’t officially support cloud hosting. Why would they provide a list of providers they don’t support? And yes, everyone who continues to use cloud hosting does just have to cross their fingers and hope their…

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