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Plex now want to SELL your personal data (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I consent to Plex to: (i) sell certain personal information (hashed emails, advertising identifiers) to third-parties for advertising and marketing purposes; and (ii) store and/or access certain personal information (advertising identifiers, IP address, content being watched) on my device(s) and share that information with Plex’s advertising partners. This data is used to deliver personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Your consent applies to all devices on which you have Plex installed. You can withdraw your consent at any time in Account Settings or using this page.

Soure: https://www.plex.tv/vendors/ (Might have to clear cache)

Can also read about the changes here: https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I would switch in a heartbeat if Jellyfin didn't... kinda suck, honestly.

But the difference in usability is enough that it's just not an option.

For the record, I updated Plex today and I haven't seen a notification like this anywhere, although that text snippet does match their privacy policy ad data opt-in settings blurb that has been in place for a while. I may need a bit more context here.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Only issues I've had with Jellyfin are reduced flexibility in naming/organizing files and inability (for me at least) to detect personal media.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    i manage all files and metadata outside of jellyfin/kodi using mediaelch... it scrapes, renames and sets up all the local metadata files for ingestion perfectly into both my media services.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I'll say that not having to do that is a major postiive. One of the UX things that bounced me off of jellyfin was ending up with a reconfigured library. The correct UX choice is for the software to adapt to your preexisting library, not having to rebuild it all with a different set of information files and naming conventions.

    That is a BIG deal when you have a big library. Also why I hate Calibre. Screw Calibre.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    There is that. Remote access is a pain to set up and maintain, and I had some significant performance issues with library scraping, too. The interface is also kind of a mess, particularly if you want to bolt on more than just a video library.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    @BrianTheeBiscuiteer @MudMan might I suggest FileBot - just a few bucks but it curates your schtuff and can rename, sort and collate everything in Jellyfin form automagically using imdb and other dbs.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    So integrate it in Jellyfin.

    I don't want five additional pieces of software to fix Jellyfin's shortcomings, I want it to work.

    Mind you, there are still edge cases in Plex, and the renaming dance can still be annoying, but still, it's one thing to have classic Doctor Who DVDs be an alien artifact no software can process and another to have to install additional software to masticate things for Jellyfin on a task that is fundamental to the thing it's supposed to be doing.

    Also, I don't want my stuff to be curated and renamed. My library is fine as it is. Part of the annoyance is for software to insist on moving crap around. I know what I have, where I have it and it's all rationally named. It's on the software to parse it.

    To be clear, I think you're being friendly and useful, it's just that I'm frustrated by the pattern of helpful users and additional software creating this cluster of self-connected software spaghetti to address UX faults that are fundamental but OSS devs like to ignore indefinitely.

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