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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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[–] yarr@feddit.nl 52 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Meanwhile, poor Jellyfin just quietly doing the job.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

The client apps are a lot better these days too.

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[–] mrpollo@lemmy.ml 28 points 6 days ago

The downfall of Plex needs to be compiled into an 80 minute YouTube video with sponsors spaced in for NordVPN and Viagra

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 37 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"enshittification wont happen to my software of choice"

hahahaha... those ppl with discord, iphones, windows,plex....they wont learn.

android is risking enshittification too if google keeps trying to close down it's development. nothing is safe unless it is free of greedy corporations

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I might actually have to switch to Jellyfin then...

I say that as a paying plex pass customer

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 11 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I find it wild that you still seem unsure. What would make you say "Thats it, im switching!"?

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[–] nix98@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I’m a big fan of Jellyfin. I would say it is easily family approved. That is for my family in my household who is using it on our home Wi-Fi.

But I am not about to expose it publicly. I have WireGuard set up on my immediate family’s devices and that is mostly ok (until you get on a public Wi-Fi that fails because you haven’t gone through their portal and can’t because the vpn is on, or you are on an airplane’s Wi-Fi with no internet trying to watch their movies and it doesn’t work until you turn off the vpn). Explaining this to my wife has been a nonstop battle.

I’d like it open it up to my siblings families, especially because I have the ersatztv plug-in to create approved child stations, but so many smart tvs and devices don’t support a vpn. How have others handled that situation?

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[–] midtsveen@lemmy.wtf 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Oh, you expect proprietary software to behave nicely? That’s cute!

I’ll just be over here with Jellyfin, watching the chaos unfold with my popcorn!

[–] Scurouno@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 days ago

We are altering the deal. Pray, we do not alter it further.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 17 points 6 days ago

How else can they afford to stream samurai cop 3 and other things you never asked? You guys need to support them in becoming the best corp they can be! They want to be big boys now.

[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I assumed they already were.

No chance Plex wasn't making money from those who didn't pay for Plex Pass.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I know, right? Any 'free' service with that much infrastructure to support, is more than likely selling your data. I guess, it's kind of refreshing that a company comes right out and tells you they're about to bend you over the barrel.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Force PlexPass first, get money, then change terms.

Coordinated big-brain evil.

Big plus - identify all accounts interested in privacy. Thus = suspicious accounts.

This is the path for Plex to become Digg, Playon, and reddit.

[–] diffusive@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I have a lifetime Plex pass but still I am considering switching. Currently I have both Jellyfin and Plex on the same libraries but Jellyfin doesn’t have support for chromecast (on iOS and Firefox) nor support for offline . (Not) covering neither my at home nor travelling use cases 😕

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can you clarify what you mean by Chromecast support? I have a Chromecast device and it has the jellyfin app on it. Works like a charm without issues. I have a feeling you mean something else though?

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's probably referring to just Chromecast without the Google TV module. Jellyfin works great for me as well on the Chromecast w/GTV

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[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 points 4 days ago

Speedrunning destroying your platform.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Plex has always been trash imo. Far better open source options available.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 6 points 6 days ago

Got rid of Plex a long time ago. Trash ass program

[–] Ushmel@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

"Updated “Who does Plex share or sell Personal Data with?” to include the Plex activity that you share based on your account visibility and activity settings as well as sharing/sale of certain Personal Data to third parties.

Nothing changes for Plex Accounts created before March 20, 2025 unless you change your preferences here.
If you are a new user and created an account after March 20, 2025, you can update your preferences here.
The types of data that we may share has not changed
We do not and will not collect information about content or titles in your personal media library or what you’ve played.
Personal media users: we do NOT, and will not, share or sell any information about the content and titles on or your use of a personal media server.
Consent is required by all Plex Accounts created before March 20, 2025 for the sale of their data."

Seems like it's just for their other services, which I already assumed they were tracking and selling view counts.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Goddammit... Right after I got the lifetime pass...

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[–] ThraawnSolo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Damn it damn it damn it!! I can't use Jellyfin because...its what I watch all my porn on. Plex was used for all the family stuff. Mother fuckers! Greed is a bitch. Edit: Wait..what if we are using a VPN...shouldnt we be good then?

[–] Johanno@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You can hide libraries on jellyfin.

Just create a family user and a porn user and login how you please.

[–] 5197799@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or...If feeling a little bit paranoid, run a second copy of Jellyfin. That's what I do. Works well for me.

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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It specifically mentions email addresses (used for account creation I assume) and what content is being watched, which a VPN wouldn't do anything for.

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