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My biggest beef with Plex is that they've pivoted away from being a media server first and are trying to change into a streaming platform first, and because man
by jorvi 2mo ago
My biggest beef with Plex is that they've pivoted away from being a media server first and are trying to change into a streaming platform first, and because managers inside the company have to show KPI, they're stuffing the streaming buttons and sections and recommendations in everywhere.
Really frustrating because the media server experience is still by far the best.
It really needs to have a "classic" toggle where all the streaming crap is disabled.
- baggachipz 2mo ago> It really needs to have a "classic" toggle where all the [enshittified] crap is disabled. This can apply to almost any modern application.
- hypercube33 2mo agoTry the Plezy app or the web server URL directly. For now it's far better. I believe you can disable the streaming garbage to some degree.
- soggybread 2mo agoHonestly, this is why I stopped using plex. I set up and ran my own server because I wanted to see the stuff I have, mostly digitized family VHS and then suddenly I'm finding movies and shows on my server that I didn't put there.
- unixhero 2mo agoTo be fair you had to disable those feeds and then the content would not appear. User hostile move nonetheless.
- _superposition_ 2mo agoThe only good thing about this in my setup is I can add shows/movies to my watchlist from their advertisements and it gets picked up by my arr stack.
- hydrogen7800 2mo agoWow, you can do this? At the risk of further complicating my arr stack, which I barely had the wherewithal to get running in the first place, how does that work?
- mvanbaak 2mo agoThe arr programs have 'plex watchlist' under the connect settings
- _superposition_ 2mo agoI would recommend listarr as well. Woke up to "disclosure day" this morning without even asking.
- pigpag 2mo agoI have frozen both my Plex server and app versions to avoid turning them into a streaming app with outdated contents. Ever since they got rid of Camera Upload function it's been going downhill function-wise.