This is simply a rehash/summary of an original article on 404media. Beyond that, you would have to be living under a rock to think that Plex was interested in what their users actually wanted. I ran a Plex server for years until I got fed up with trying to turn off some new self serving misfeature with every new update. It's been clear for years that offering a self hosting media server solution is simply a bridgehead for Plex to seek every more revenue opportunities, even for paying ~~victims~~ customers. I moved to and recommend Jellyfin- comparable user experience (minus the crap), use the same library, apps for all your devices, open source and completely self contained.
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
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Good starters but today will just crush you to earn that Q3 +3%
I don't even have anything like Plex, but because of you I'll check out lemmyfin, I mean jellyfin.
Lol, I just finished building my JellyFin server last weekend too. Bye Plex!
Love how the headline equates the shame of viewing porn with the shame of viewing anime
Like the old joke goes, "when I'm watching anime and my mom walks in, I alt tab to porn because it's easier to explain"
It's called hentai, and it's art.
Jellyfin is going to explode in popularity (it kind of has already)
I did Jellyfin right when I got into this as soon as I saw Plex require an external account.
What sucks to me is how hard jellyfin is to setup outside the network
Huh? You need an open port and a TLS certificate, that's about it. If you're CG-NATed you need some form of proxy in front, but that's not Jellyfin's fault.
If you're using Plex for porn and also adding friends on it, what were you thinking in the first place? Like, it was so obvious something like this was going to happen, and that's besides the already existant risk of accidentally sharing the wrong library with your friend.
It's a cool feature, it obviously would have been better if it filtered by age rating or adult film by default to begin with but I really see this as an overreaction.
Ah sure, blame the victim.