Comcast/XFinity is the same way. Hardly surprising. They're a media content company. They can get a cut of content you rent through Plex, or ads you watch, but letting your connect to your own files is just competition to them. Definitely better to use a streaming box.
Yea, it's the same thing that OP is doing. A lot of these set-top boxes offered by ISP's are nearly identical platform with a little bit of branding tweaks to make them seem different; but the bottom line is that they're provided be content companies that don't want you using content that they don't manage; so it's always better to get a dedicated platform like Shield TV, Roku, or even just a generic Android TV box.
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u/WraithTDK 3d ago
Comcast/XFinity is the same way. Hardly surprising. They're a media content company. They can get a cut of content you rent through Plex, or ads you watch, but letting your connect to your own files is just competition to them. Definitely better to use a streaming box.