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Long time plex user, Jellyfin has been on the upgrade list for a while. I think what keeps me on plex is the level of integration. i.e. home assistant, works
by jquaint 3y ago
Long time plex user,
Jellyfin has been on the upgrade list for a while.
I think what keeps me on plex is the level of integration.
i.e. home assistant, works on all my devices etc.
As much as its a little older, I find it just kinda works and I haven't really found any reason to upgrade yet.
also bought the lifetime pass so I get a bunch of extra features.
The company has been pretty decent with new apps and features.
I.e. the plexamp is amazing. Full poweramp like interface and feature richness from a self hosted music library. Feels like better self hosted spotify
- dewey 3y agoI'm in the same boat as you with the liftime plan. Plex felt a bit like it's losing the focus I care about a bit in the previous years (Integratin free ad supported streaming, FAST etc.) but so far it has been not intrusive and I don't really have a reason to look at alternatives as it's working nicely and their Apple TV app is solid. As long as they don't complely pivot away from the "self-hosting your media collection" use case I care about, I'll be a happy user.
- upon_drumhead 3y agoI walked away from plex after Little Snitch notified me that Plex for Mac was connecting out to plex's servers every time I took an action in the client (search, select media details, start playback, stop playback, pause, rewind, etc). I know they claim it's all anonymized and no media file details are shared with third parties, but I don't feel there's any reason for them to get the details at all. Plus the privacy policy doesn't cover anything at all when using the plex media matcher (default now). That usage sends the raw filenames of everything in your library to plex and they don't say a single thing about what they do with the data.