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I think the main issue is that the monetization efforts have resulted in blunted focus on the core product, resulting in things like long-standing unresolved bu
by jwells89 3y ago
I think the main issue is that the monetization efforts have resulted in blunted focus on the core product, resulting in things like long-standing unresolved bugs and technical oddities. For example the Plex installation on my home server will break itself in odd ways every so often and sometimes the only way to fix it is to nuke all cache, config, etc and start over which gets frustrating.
It’s also brought privacy concerns, because there’s incentive for Plex to harvest and sell data from users paid and unpaid alike.
I’m currently subscribed, but all of this has me on the lookout for viable replacements.
- thejazzman 3y agoAre you running out of space? I've been using Plex forEVER and the only time this kinda thing happened to me was when the scratch space Plex was using for transcodes and things got full
- jwells89 3y agoNah there’s at least a few hundred gigs available at any given time. Usually the breakage has to do with plugins just ceasing to function or Plex somehow forgetting its library exists, which results in only the free-stream-crap channels showing up in clients. Also, everything in my library can be direct-played by the clients I use (primarily Apple TV 4k) too, so transcoding pretty much only happens when I’m loading up my iPad for a trip (once or twice a year tops).