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From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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333 points indigodaddy | 2 comments | 13 Nov 22 02:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.442s | source
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hatware ◴[13 Nov 22 02:29 UTC] No.33579350[source]▶
Plex lost their best users by missing the point of self hosting entirely. Nobody wants to deal with third party downtime, even if it is rare and intermittent.

I think most products go through phases like this. Plex has some diehards that have stuck around (I think it's just buyers remorse for the Plex pass) but I think they are at a 5th or 6th tier of "customer" at this point, seeing the continuous churn spiral they are fighting.

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1. indigodaddy ◴[13 Nov 22 04:26 UTC] No.33580045[source]▶
You can’t auth directly to your server from a Plex app with a local account anymore? I thought you could still at some point in the past but haven’t tried it in awhile. I know you can still do that from a web browser (I believe)..
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2. fragmede ◴[13 Nov 22 05:08 UTC] No.33580261[source]▶
it's not officially supported so there's a workaround but that has its own limitations.