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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/

  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    571·
    4 days ago

    There are a LOT of pros and cons.

    Pros:

    • Developed by a professional, multi-disciplined full-time team with some security oversight.
    • Hosted caching of The Movie DB for faster lookups
    • Provision of SSL communication to and from your server without any special setup
    • FREE EPG data caching
    • Centralized server management from the web
    • Low-speed relay for those stuck behind CGNAT.
    • A REALLY solid mobile audio*** player (sorry, but plexamp beats the pants off the JF alternatives)
    • Centralized Login for your friends and family with email-based password reset
    • 2FA already set up
    • A nice reflector gauge to see if your* ports are open and what your limits are
    • Great client support on a LOT of devices
    • Search is fast out of the box, even with extensive collections
    • Their clients tend to do a better job supporting all the decoding features on every player
    • Very reasonable Tuner support (but somewhat ugly) **

    Cons:

    • Not free
    • Not Open
    • They have a lot of your historical data and will eventually sell it when they sell the company. This is not going to be optional. That data is worth a lot and they likely already have enough EULA rights to sell it to whoever asks. Imagine if the MPAA gets in on the fun.
    • Their security history is quite dicey
    • The lifetime membership will eventually be enshitified as it’s not economically sound in the long run
    • They constantly change the terms of the agreement.
    • They constantly remove features people are using
    • They constantly push to share data between users
    • They constantly push Ads
    • They are making previously free features pay.
    • Their investors are starving, which makes them a liability.
    • Their clients are generally slower.

    edit: * a word ** forgot to shout out for the tuner support *** replaced media with audio for clarity