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Plex Media Server is pushing ads as push notifications

35 points by madjam002 4y ago

h4waii 4y ago
Thankfully Plex Media Server can't push ads to PlexKodiConnect, which all my SBC/OSMC/LibreElec boxes with Kodi use as a backend. Always got my eye on Jellyfish development though.
- shaqque 4y ago
  As someone looking to self-host their own media server soon, is there any reason you haven’t done the switch over to Jellyfin?
  - zamubafoo 4y ago
    I skipped over Plex and just used Jellyfin and I haven't had any issues in the 13 or so months I've been running it.
  - RealStickman_ 4y ago
    Jellyfin has less clients than Plex and a lot of the clients they have are less mature than their Plex counterparts. Personally I don't really mind that, as I mostly watch on my PC, Phone or Kodi, all of which have decent clients imo.
  - h4waii 4y ago
    Last time I used it, syncing the metadata (media details, watched status resume points, etc) across multiple clients wasn't good enough for me. I have 3 Kodi clients, all on the same LAN, and it never worked properly. I switched to PlexMediaServer, the PlexKodiConnect plugin, and have been relatively happy -- other than Plex knowing what media my generic email address is consuming. Perhaps I shall take another look at Jellyfin and see if I can move over completely.
WalterGR 4y ago
Does old.reddit.com not display embedded images? To see what this post is about, I had to change the URL to https://reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/uu2ne8/wtf_plex_you_stream_media_from_my_server_youre/ https://reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/uu2ne8/wtf_plex_you_strea...
- madjam002 4y ago
  Ah yes, does Hacker News automatically change the URLs to old.reddit.com? The link I posted is reddit.com but it's been changed to old.reddit.com
  - WalterGR 4y ago
    Yes, it seems to.
- Vladimof 4y ago
  You have to push the Play symbol right below the title to view it... https://i.imgur.com/ONZbB7u.png https://i.imgur.com/ONZbB7u.png I think that is a somewhat new behavior for old.reddit.com... Reddit is trying to cripple it slowly?
  - WalterGR 4y ago
    Hrm. I had to log in to get that behavior. Not logged in, my browser on old.reddit.com renders the Play button as a small, hollow, barely visible box.
    - Vladimof 4y ago
      That might be because of the custom theme of the subreddit... I don't allow them to show me custom themes when logged in
rdtwo 4y ago
Gross offer up does this which is why I had to stop using it
sexy_panda 4y ago
I have disabled all Plex TV features and I don't get this sort of notifications. I don't even understand why this topic receives so much attention. It's just a matter of disabling features one doesn't need.

35 points by madjam002 4y ago

Thankfully Plex Media Server can't push ads to PlexKodiConnect, which all my SBC/OSMC/LibreElec boxes with Kodi use as a backend. Always got my eye on Jellyfish development though.

shaqque 4y ago
As someone looking to self-host their own media server soon, is there any reason you haven’t done the switch over to Jellyfin?
- zamubafoo 4y ago
  I skipped over Plex and just used Jellyfin and I haven't had any issues in the 13 or so months I've been running it.
- RealStickman_ 4y ago
  Jellyfin has less clients than Plex and a lot of the clients they have are less mature than their Plex counterparts. Personally I don't really mind that, as I mostly watch on my PC, Phone or Kodi, all of which have decent clients imo.
- h4waii 4y ago
  Last time I used it, syncing the metadata (media details, watched status resume points, etc) across multiple clients wasn't good enough for me. I have 3 Kodi clients, all on the same LAN, and it never worked properly. I switched to PlexMediaServer, the PlexKodiConnect plugin, and have been relatively happy -- other than Plex knowing what media my generic email address is consuming. Perhaps I shall take another look at Jellyfin and see if I can move over completely.

WalterGR 4y ago

Does old.reddit.com not display embedded images? To see what this post is about, I had to change the URL to https://reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/uu2ne8/wtf_plex_you_stream_media_from_my_server_youre/ https://reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/uu2ne8/wtf_plex_you_strea...

madjam002 4y ago
Ah yes, does Hacker News automatically change the URLs to old.reddit.com? The link I posted is reddit.com but it's been changed to old.reddit.com
- WalterGR 4y ago
  Yes, it seems to.
Vladimof 4y ago
You have to push the Play symbol right below the title to view it... https://i.imgur.com/ONZbB7u.png https://i.imgur.com/ONZbB7u.png I think that is a somewhat new behavior for old.reddit.com... Reddit is trying to cripple it slowly?
- WalterGR 4y ago
  Hrm. I had to log in to get that behavior. Not logged in, my browser on old.reddit.com renders the Play button as a small, hollow, barely visible box.
  - Vladimof 4y ago
    That might be because of the custom theme of the subreddit... I don't allow them to show me custom themes when logged in

rdtwo 4y ago

Gross offer up does this which is why I had to stop using it

sexy_panda 4y ago

I have disabled all Plex TV features and I don't get this sort of notifications. I don't even understand why this topic receives so much attention. It's just a matter of disabling features one doesn't need.