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Plex Security Incident

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meesles ◴[] No.45174970[source]
Not necessarily related, but I'll take the opportunity to share my dislike of this company. Like others, they built a loyal following around a set of features provided, no questions asked, to stream your content to your own devices.

Over the last couple of years, Plex has continued to strip functionality, add paywalls, make deals with publishing companies, and take other actions that firmly put them in the 'enshittifaction' phase. They've capitalized on the community that gave them their success, so I've cashed out as well.

At this point there is little need for those of us with some technical ability to use this software and all the bloat that comes with it. Jellyfin[1] is an excellent alternative that I've fully switched over to this last year. I will not let a company take ownership of my media library, ever.

[1] https://jellyfin.org/

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1. vachina ◴[] No.45175095[source]
They removed mobile device playback rights from users who paid for this feature specifically. Nobody in their right mind will do business with Plex.