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I drop Plex years ago when they started doing shifty stuff. If I was sharing content with another person or someone with sharing content with me it it would start getting blocked and turned off. I guess they don't want people to use their software

It was clearly obvious from the very beginnings of Plex when they forked out of XBMC that they were shady and in it for the cash.

I’m glad I switched to Jellyfin a long time ago.

Which is a good alternative to consider? Jellyfin or Emby? Might as well switch during black Friday.

Man I'm even more glad I went with Jellyfin over Plex when I kicked up my media server last year.

Emby ftw

WTF

What's up with companies making shitty defaults nowadays? Who would think this actually brings value for the majority of people hosting their own media content? This another overreach trying to act like Netflix?

Not cool Plex, not cool.

I was just about to buy Plex Lifetime on Black Friday, looks like that isn’t going to happen now

Why does it claim it will auto default to private after 2 years unless you consent again if they are defaulting to friends only from what I can tell.

Makes it seem like they are having to cover a privacy law by claiming it defaults to private but it sure as hell didn’t on my profile.

A self hosted app that isn't self hosted, baffling why people use plex instead of Jellyfin

The sheer quantity of analytics from both Plex clients and servers, regardless of what options you select, is the number one blocked item on my Adguard Home install. Plex is, by no stretch of the imagination, not at all respectful of privacy.

Plex has sadly lost its way, and this year I finally switched over to Jellyfin and it's much better than the subsequent years I've tried to move across. Other than simplicity of exposing your server on the internet, Plex's value proposition has tanked.

What exactly you plex users paid for? I was always confused. Remote access?

That’s the question when I switched from kodi to jellyfin. That’s the same question I am asking myself trying to get homeassistent cloud.

I use Jellyfin.

Dude, I have been telling y'all Plex is going down fast. Just set up emby or jellyfin and be happy knowing your setup isn't profiting off of you

I can’t wait to hear your full take on the next podcast episode.

I started looking into Plex AS this all started happening. Fortunately, I haven’t had the time to spend on setting up any media components, but man am I glad I didn’t go this route.

You accepted the terms

Shame, Plex. I expected a better respect for privacy, from a white and orange logo on a black background.

meanwhile me with a 500gb portable SSD of Linux isos and no TOS/tracking to report to :laff:

next up... docker containers start reporting user data

What the Frick I wasn't watching 5KPornHazelMoore200129DoViRemuxFrameSter.mkv

I first started looking into an XBMC replacement when my OG Xbox died and I thought there must be some new FOSS replacement to put on some Raspi. Must have been 5 years back? Lots of "experts" sent me to Plex, I took one look at the EULA and said no effing way.

So this is not news to me that they keep and run stats on all my files, watching patterns etc. I have a feeling most users filled up their media servers with torrents and questionably sourced files, not legal rips, and I found no reason to opt into something like that even if my files were all legal. Jellyfin is mature enough at this point for my needs, I know it's not perfect, but it's all local.

Really lame Plex, I thought we were cool.

Found this post on what the setting looks like and I just unchecked the box , so it’s still relevant:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/72zg10/how_to_turn_off_plex_taking_your_data/

Use jellyfin. Problem solved

Collecting data on a bunch of people's illegal (in the eyes of the media mafia) libraries. What could possibly go wrong. SMH

I just came here to say hi to a fellow badger! :)

AFAIK they don't circulate emails to your contacts, but smart TV makers routinely overstep the boundaries of acceptability and harvest data that should remain private. On LG TVs, for instance, if you insert a USB, the contents of that USB are read and sent back to HQ to further add to the other data they capture about you e.g. watching patterns, which sources you use, which programmes you watch etc. They cash in by leveraging such data. Low TV prices are effectively subsidised by this model.

I think you only got this because you are the server owner, which you already have access to all that info.

I hope jellyfin comes fully to samsung tvs soon since the only thing stopping me from moving to jellyfin is my dad uses a samsung tv and I live to far away to go sideload it for him

There's nothing you can do to stop Plex collecting the data, but you can at least stop your friends seeing what you're watching by adjusting the privacy settings.

Literally exploring other options. Plex, your days are numbered, cause this is BS! 🤬🤬🤬

Wow. This did step.over a line. Disgusting move by Plex.

Now everyone knows all my weird kinks! How am I supposed to explain my weird milk, baby diaper, shaming fetish to them? Unless...

Lol, time to use alternative media servers.