I’ve feel like I’ve used Plex forever. I also feel like every couple years I try Jellyfin to see how it’s going. Recently I tried it again because of Plex restriction on more than one user.

Well, I just tried it again and it’s substantially improved! This time it actually properly detected most of my library!

Also the Android TV app is AWESOME! No more glitches, lagging, and freezing trying to play my stuff like Plex did. It is butter smooth.

Wow! I’m impressed and I just deleted Plex. Good riddance.

  • rouxdoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    15 days ago

    As a long time plex pass user, is there anything there that would make me want to switch? Plex has just plain worked for me for years. mobile apps, everything is just great. Why should I look around?

    • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      Plex is closed source and gradually being enshittified. You might not leave today, but you should have an exit plan.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        15 days ago

        I’ve been using Plex for over 10 years and I can’t say anything about it has changed for the worse honestly

        • wia@lemmy.caEnglish
          0·
          15 days ago

          Same. I think I had to go in once in the last few years to turn off a new setting. I didn’t recall what is was though. Probably data collection?

          • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            15 days ago

            Maybe when Plex added the “Discover Together” feature that shares watch history with friends?

    • pigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      01·
      15 days ago

      Well you’re on Lemmy and it’s not FOSS. Not a great place to get unbiased opinions on the matter. It’s actively shitted on in the fediverse. They even bum rush the plex community here.

      • mosiacmango@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        Plex was bought out by venture capital and has been enshittifing for years. “Free” media stream sources added riddled with ads that you have to opt out of, opt out “everyone can see what everyone is watching” features, nebulous “we need to upload hashes of your media to skip credits” privacy issues, abandoning apps for various platforms like kodi, on and on.

        I have a lifetime pass, but no longer consider plex a viable platform. The issues are not baseless, but rather based on what plex has decided to do to make money.

        Meanwhile, jellyfin is FOSS with no profit motive, no privacy issues, skips intros and credits with no issue, pulls subtitles down and indexes media flawlessly, and has native kodi clients with Database sync support so a show paused in one room can be resumed at the same point in another room.

        Hard to beat “slick, private and free.”