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They could introduce a new subscription tier for remote streaming that lifetime pass holders would have to pay for or permanently lose access to remote streaming.
Remote streaming was always free. It was specifically not labeled as a Plex pass feature until the change last month. By the logic in this thread anyone who ever bought a Plex pass lifetime subscription was never guaranteed remote access. Since that was free.
They’ve never established that those who bought a Plex lifetime before April of this year aren’t merely being grandfathered in for a limited time. Since remote streaming wasn’t advertised as included in the sale.
This would follow the logic being used here, because if remote streaming was always free it wasn’t a part of the Plex lifetime deal. Would mean that your lifetime subscription was for everything except remote streaming. They can still take that away from everyone and make it an exclusively monthly subscription feature.
From the Plex Pass page on January 2025 -
"Is a Plex Pass required to use Remote Access?
Despite the common misconception, the answer is “no.” That feature is free to everyone."
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