▲ 118 ▼ The Corporate Creep of Plex: Why it may be time to move to Jellyfin (reprodev.com) submitted 3 months ago by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments Comments
[–] Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (5 children) A private company that knows you pirate media has your name and billing address and you're calm as a cucumber? Man. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago A private company who's entire use case is facilitating streaming pirated media. The only time Plex blocks or exposes it's customers is the time the company completely implodes permalink fedilink source parent [–] joe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) All they know is what metadata is attached to the file. If you tag your home movies with metadata for the new Odyssey movie, you haven't broken any laws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago* It literally plays through Plex's proxies and redirect network to get from A to B. Pretending they don't know is willfully ignorant. They need only take a peek, which they very well can. permalink fedilink source parent [–] valar@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago This is fair. I'm not super comfortable with it. I really do hope to migrate away. permalink fedilink source parent [+] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -7 points 3 months ago I couldn't give two shits. Not even one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago A private company who's entire use case is facilitating streaming pirated media. The only time Plex blocks or exposes it's customers is the time the company completely implodes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] joe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) All they know is what metadata is attached to the file. If you tag your home movies with metadata for the new Odyssey movie, you haven't broken any laws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago* It literally plays through Plex's proxies and redirect network to get from A to B. Pretending they don't know is willfully ignorant. They need only take a peek, which they very well can. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago* It literally plays through Plex's proxies and redirect network to get from A to B. Pretending they don't know is willfully ignorant. They need only take a peek, which they very well can. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] valar@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago This is fair. I'm not super comfortable with it. I really do hope to migrate away. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -7 points 3 months ago I couldn't give two shits. Not even one. permalink fedilink source parent