Plex To Launch a Store For Movies and TV Shows
Jay Peters reports via The Verge: Plex, known for its media server software and as a place to watch ad-supported content, is going to launch a store for to buy and rent movies and TV shows in early February, executives told Lowpass’ Janko Roettgers. “Most studios” are lined up for the store’s launch, and there are “plans to complete the catalog soon after,” Roettgers says. … ⌘ Read more

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net Oh wow!

I’m glad I switched to Jellyfin for my home library a while ago. They say “buy” movies but like most services, it’ll most likely “buy” a subscription to access said movie, that can be revoked any time. Unless you could buy a movie and have the file on your hard drive DRM-free, but that will never happen with the movie studios involved.

Well see… 🤔

What Hollywood/Disney/etc have never seemed to understand about this DRM nonsense if, if you sell me a movie DRM-free, I actually have no interest in sharing this with anyone. It would live on my server, and go nowhere else.

@prologic@twtxt.net exactly! Plus they get pirated anyway even with every restriction they apply, so they’re just inconveniencing all of us including those of us who would pay money.