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Plex starts to enforce a rule requiring users to pay for a Plex Pass or Remote Watch Pass to stream from a remote server on Roku; other platforms follow in 2026 (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

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Scharon Harding / Ars Technica:
Plex starts to enforce a rule requiring users to pay for a Plex Pass or Remote Watch Pass to stream from a remote server on Roku; other platforms follow in 2026  —  Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.

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