For lifetime pass owners, I think you've dodged the features they've put paywalls up for. The big one is preventing free accounts from streaming to shared user libraries. So if you have your pass + 5 buddies sharing their plexes (and they don't have Plus), you cannot view their content I believe.
You first post said "built a loyal following around a set of features provided, no questions asked, to stream your content to your own devices" and now you're saying they removed the ability for people to share content with each other if they are not paying customers.