Never occurred to me that people would use Plex for local media. Afaik its main use is for seedboxes. Torrenting on a server. You set up Plex and Prowlarr, the

Never occurred to me that people would use Plex for local media. Afaik its main use is for seedboxes. Torrenting on a server. You set up Plex and Prowlarr, then you have your own streaming service with all of the content on streaming services put together plus everything out on dvd, bluray, etc. I don't think Plex would be getting much financial support from them, not because they're not willing to pay* but because having purchased the lifetime licence seems to be fairly widespread from what ive seen. *Check out plans on seedbox providers. Most are more expensive than streaming services. Then you've got people who dont want to/can't manage the above paying for access to remote Plex libraries, much like they would a streaming service. There's plenty of people pirating for the better experience who are willing to pay a premium for it.