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Doesn't Plex report all your media content and metadata to their central servers? Why not use one of the XBMC forks?

by w-ll 5y ago

basch 5y ago
Plex is an XBMC fork!
Liquix 5y ago
At minimum they employ multiple dark patterns with the aim of getting you to fork over your email/agree to some fine print. Jellyfin is a great alternative
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago
  I sub users myself and give them the credentials. I use unique mail addresses for all users. Aside from the newsletter which can be unchecked during registration, I’ve not seen any evidence they’ve on sold the mail accounts at all. And apps have fine print, there’s a big difference between an EULA and Sony/Samsung scraping screenshots, adding dynamic advertising etc. are you able to point to exactly which parts of the plex eula are bad?
  - Liquix 5y ago
    Plex may share Collected Information as expressly set forth in this Privacy Policy, including the following limited situations: [...] With third parties to improve and deliver advertising to you on our behalf. Plex may also use third-party advertising companies to serve ads, which may, directly or indirectly, collect or use information about user visits to websites and mobile app usage over time and across non-affiliated websites and mobile apps to display advertisements more tailored to users’ interests on this browser or device, and those browsers or devices associated with it. You can see the laundry list of data they harvest and share with advertisers under the "Data We Collect" section, it's too long to quote here: https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/ https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/
xanaxagoras 5y ago
Yeah, that is a guilty pleasure I expect. I've looked through their privacy policy, nothing objectionable leaps out but I'd rather keep everything to myself. I may have to look at Jellyfin at some point, I've just been running Plex for so long there's a certain inertia. And plexamp is like... amazing.
Qub3d 5y ago
No. The cloud portion of Plex.tv acts as a "directory" for sharing, but it doesn't know what media you have, or stream, or share[0]. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/30j7ye/plex_media_browser_emby_personal_comparison_roku/crvarqn/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/30j7ye/plex_media_bro...

Doesn't Plex report all your media content and metadata to their central servers? Why not use one of the XBMC forks?

by w-ll 5y ago

Doesn't Plex report all your media content and metadata to their central servers? Why not use one of the XBMC forks?

basch 5y ago

Plex is an XBMC fork!

Liquix 5y ago

At minimum they employ multiple dark patterns with the aim of getting you to fork over your email/agree to some fine print. Jellyfin is a great alternative

hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago
I sub users myself and give them the credentials. I use unique mail addresses for all users. Aside from the newsletter which can be unchecked during registration, I’ve not seen any evidence they’ve on sold the mail accounts at all. And apps have fine print, there’s a big difference between an EULA and Sony/Samsung scraping screenshots, adding dynamic advertising etc. are you able to point to exactly which parts of the plex eula are bad?
- Liquix 5y ago
  Plex may share Collected Information as expressly set forth in this Privacy Policy, including the following limited situations: [...] With third parties to improve and deliver advertising to you on our behalf. Plex may also use third-party advertising companies to serve ads, which may, directly or indirectly, collect or use information about user visits to websites and mobile app usage over time and across non-affiliated websites and mobile apps to display advertisements more tailored to users’ interests on this browser or device, and those browsers or devices associated with it. You can see the laundry list of data they harvest and share with advertisers under the "Data We Collect" section, it's too long to quote here: https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/ https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/

xanaxagoras 5y ago

Yeah, that is a guilty pleasure I expect. I've looked through their privacy policy, nothing objectionable leaps out but I'd rather keep everything to myself. I may have to look at Jellyfin at some point, I've just been running Plex for so long there's a certain inertia. And plexamp is like... amazing.

Qub3d 5y ago

No. The cloud portion of Plex.tv acts as a "directory" for sharing, but it doesn't know what media you have, or stream, or share[0]. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/30j7ye/plex_media_browser_emby_personal_comparison_roku/crvarqn/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/30j7ye/plex_media_bro...