That… has nothing to do with this? Plex (ignoring the plex pass streaming stuff) mostly just provides a library lookup feature and a solid-ish app and web interface to access your self hosted media.
In this case, the problem is that people are hosting their media libraries in The Cloud. Not because of The Convenience but so that they can instance them and sell access to said media libraries to pay off the hosting fees and turn a profit.
The number of people who are innocently hosting their media library in The Cloud are a fraction of a percent. And most are getting gouged massively on the cost of storage and bandwidth.
That… has nothing to do with this? Plex (ignoring the plex pass streaming stuff) mostly just provides a library lookup feature and a solid-ish app and web interface to access your self hosted media.
In this case, the problem is that people are hosting their media libraries in The Cloud. Not because of The Convenience but so that they can instance them and sell access to said media libraries to pay off the hosting fees and turn a profit.
The number of people who are innocently hosting their media library in The Cloud are a fraction of a percent. And most are getting gouged massively on the cost of storage and bandwidth.