• valar@lemmy.ca
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    I still use Plex, I have a lifetime pass and everything “just works” for my end users. Including Plexamp. Someday I expect to switch but it’ll have to be when the end-user experience is just as easy and accessible.

    Edit: Reading the article, even its author admits to sticking with Plex for now for similar reasons

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      Same yeah, I’ve even got jellyfin set up in parallel in case Plex ever goes to shit, I still end up going for Plex 99% of the time currently

      I completely understand anyone that doesn’t want to buy into it today, but the $75 I spent a decade and a half ago has been pretty good value for me

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      A private company that knows you pirate media has your name and billing address and you’re calm as a cucumber?

      Man.

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        All they know is what metadata is attached to the file. If you tag your home movies with metadata for the new Odyssey movie, you haven’t broken any laws.

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          It literally plays through Plex’s proxies and redirect network to get from A to B. Pretending they don’t know is willfully ignorant. They need only take a peek, which they very well can.

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        A private company who’s entire use case is facilitating streaming pirated media. The only time Plex blocks or exposes it’s customers is the time the company completely implodes

      • valar@lemmy.ca
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        This is fair. I’m not super comfortable with it. I really do hope to migrate away.