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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: 0.585s | source
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ulkesh ◴[13 Nov 22 05:35 UTC] No.33580386[source]▶
I suppose I understand the reasons people prefer Jellyfin. But on the small chance of liking a commercial product, Plex is truly dead simple for my parents. They have an AppleTV. They signed up. I share it with them via their registered email address. And they’re in. It was as simple a process as I could hope for.

That being said, do I like everything they’re pushing for? No. But they at least allow users to opt out.

I understand the sentiments here, truly. I just don’t have a compelling reason to change since it does what I want, is simple to set up and use, simple to share, and gets refined all the time.

This is heresy, but not all commercial software is the devil. I suspect RMS would hate me for this.

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Liquix ◴[13 Nov 22 05:39 UTC] No.33580414[source]▶
Not all commercial software is the devil, but money is the root of all evil. Rember Big G's old slogan before they were beholden to shareholders? Given Plex already employs multiple dark patterns in an attempt to obtain your email address, it's hard to imagine they wouldn't slide down the same slippery slope if they got bigger.
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1. thaumasiotes ◴[13 Nov 22 06:56 UTC] No.33580719[source]▶
> Not all commercial software is the devil, but money is the root of all evil.

I have a book of Chinese fairy tales which touches on interesting topics like the creation of the world and the beginning of civilization.

On that second topic, it says that shortly after human societies came into being, the men started fighting with each other over the women.

I imagine the mythology is correct that fighting over women predates concern with money.

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2. effingwewt ◴[13 Nov 22 11:52 UTC] No.33582198[source]▶
Makes sense. Was it Nick Fury who said something about as soon as the third human was born a plot formed against one?

Definitely feels like we are the root of all evil, we always find a reason to kill one another.

Hopefully we are a young species and will grow out of it eventually.