So you think they should stake their whole business on pleasing customers who not only don't pay for the product but who make a hobby out of not paying for media? How do you supposed they keep the lights on?
That's the strange part though. The streaming service and most of these new features are free. Most of the major features they charge for via Plex Pass are geared at people running their own servers. So they seem to be alienating the only people who have any reason to pay them in the first place.
You realize they sell those tv spots and/or share ad revenue. Every 5 minutes a 1 1/2 minute ad appears.
I paid for Plex. I also paid for the media I accessed through it. I don't mind paying for these things. I do mind losing access to my local library because my internet is down, though. I do mind paying a decent amount of money and still getting garbage shoved in my face and a poor and declining user experience.
I *do* pay for plex. I would gladly pay much more to have a simple server that works and for which I can have support when it can't classify things. Also the vast majority of media I serve from plex are my own drum practice videos for my own review. It has other uses besides commercial content.
Remove the login requirement except and unless users try to access PlexPass features.