It happened in June of 2022. That’s hardly the latest update.
And it has already been discussed at length, and the reasons for it have been explained as well.
TL;DR: features do also cause costs after they have been introduced. If a feature has little use, it makes more sense to cut it, to free up resources for other features.
There is still a Player for Desktop computers which allows remote control: Plex HTPC.
