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I consent to Plex to: (i) sell certain personal information (hashed emails, advertising identifiers) to third-parties for advertising and marketing purposes; and (ii) store and/or access certain personal information (advertising identifiers, IP address, content being watched) on my device(s) and share that information with Plex’s advertising partners. This data is used to deliver personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Your consent applies to all devices on which you have Plex installed. You can withdraw your consent at any time in Account Settings or using this page.

Soure: https://www.plex.tv/vendors/ (Might have to clear cache)

Can also read about the changes here: https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Meanwhile, poor Jellyfin just quietly doing the job.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Plex has always been trash imo. Far better open source options available.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

How else can they afford to stream samurai cop 3 and other things you never asked? You guys need to support them in becoming the best corp they can be! They want to be big boys now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is Kodi still a thing? Been a while since I had a media server but I have another one in the works because fuck streaming services

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Kodi exists however it's a client only, it is not made to host content. You are looking for jellyfin

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

+1 for Jellyfin!

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"enshittification wont happen to my software of choice"

hahahaha... those ppl with discord, iphones, windows,plex....they wont learn.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Force PlexPass first, get money, then change terms.

Coordinated big-brain evil.

Big plus - identify all accounts interested in privacy. Thus = suspicious accounts.

This is the path for Plex to become Digg, Playon, and reddit.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

We are altering the deal. Pray, we do not alter it further.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Damn it damn it damn it!! I can't use Jellyfin because...its what I watch all my porn on. Plex was used for all the family stuff. Mother fuckers! Greed is a bitch. Edit: Wait..what if we are using a VPN...shouldnt we be good then?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Docker and tailscale you can run multiple instances

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You can hide libraries on jellyfin.

Just create a family user and a porn user and login how you please.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or...If feeling a little bit paranoid, run a second copy of Jellyfin. That's what I do. Works well for me.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Sweet Jesus thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It specifically mentions email addresses (used for account creation I assume) and what content is being watched, which a VPN wouldn't do anything for.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

What if its all tied to a seedbox, would that matter?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yes! How can I use this with my seedbox? Just FTP to my computer and use the stashapp from there?

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I might actually have to switch to Jellyfin then...

I say that as a paying plex pass customer

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I find it wild that you still seem unsure. What would make you say "Thats it, im switching!"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Years of continued enshittification

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