Plex sunsets ‘allowed without auth’ setting.

In Winter 2023, Plex introduced an ad for clients accessing a local Plex server without logging in to Plex’s authentication servers (or Facebook, et al). It advertised the benefits of using a Plex account to enjoy a more enriched experience, though a simple press of the back button quickly dismissed it.

That ability was scrapped this week, now requiring clients to authenticate with Plex’s remote auth servers. All clients tested were known to have successful connections with a local Plex server prior to this week’s change.

Roku Ultra (2x)

Firefox on Ubuntu

Firefox on MacOS

The following tested the same, but are not confirmed to have succesfully connected without logging in:

Chrome

Plex iOS app

Edge

Roku TV

  • The Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.caEnglish
    141·
    23 days ago

    I agree. But I have a list of things Plex still does better. I’m hoping I can hold on until Jellyfin can adopt these features.

    • Intro skip on AppleTV
    • TV Collections
    • Skip credits
    • Editions
    • Hide from on deck
    • Downloads
    • Home Users or some other way to easily switch users on common devices.

    I’m hoping that if Plex pulls something really stupid, we get a dev effort like the Reddexit last year that made Lemmy so much better.