I don't quite follow here. Assuming a common use case is personal consumption of pirated content, doesn't it make sense that the monetization strategy focuses o

I don't quite follow here. Assuming a common use case is personal consumption of pirated content, doesn't it make sense that the monetization strategy focuses on the server/client software itself? More importantly, that monetization strategy is a great fit for legal self-custody. I have a pretty large library of content I bought on DVD and ripped for personal use. I don't share it our as torrents and watch videos locally on my own network, there's nothing wrong with that and I like that Plex is still paid for the software that makes it work well for my use case.