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Yeah gross.

I have 7 people who use my plex. They have all been provided logins. I set up gmails for them etc so they dont get anything. But still.

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

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?

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 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.

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/

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

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.

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

WTF

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.

Emby ftw

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

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

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

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

next up... docker containers start reporting user data

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

You accepted the terms

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.

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

100% agree, when I received the email I got really bad vibes from the whole thing.

I am sure they will come back and say "ah sorry our bad, we will fix this" but once the trust is broken like this, nah I'll go to jellyfin thanks.

If the software is free, you pay with your privacy

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

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

Surely Plex is off-topic in this sub

Its been a long time since i was a plex user, can someone explain how they get ahold of that data from your selfhosted solution?

You should probably read the entire EULA before you get all angry and self righteous.

You can turn that off...

Get rid of Plex and use Emby

I switched to jellyfin when my internet was dead and I couldn't quite get my content to work.

Jellyfin is decentralized and is 100% free

I haven't found an option that plex has over jellyfin yet

The subtitles bug I get on my ShieldTV is a little weird but after they started pushing live TV with ads, I decided to abandon it.

I have had a lifetime pass since year 2

You Plex and Emby users deserve what you get

Jellyfin is only good choice

Use jellyfin. Problem solved

I remember getting downvoted to all hell somewhere when I suggested switching to Jellyfin because of Plex’s awful privacy policy and how they kept shoving the “free on Plex” crap on my home screen every time Plex updated. Switched to jellyfin about a year ago. Goodbye Plex, don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.