All the News That’s Fit to Plex
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#2Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.
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#3Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.
I'm considering a switch the emby since this seems to be the way Plex is heading.
That and the privacy policy changes they've added recently give me pause for thought about their intentions.
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#4I'm confused why everyone (both regular users and plex pass users) gets ads.
Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex
#5Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.
Plex is a business that needs to monetize. For private local media, we need to revive and renovate VLC.
Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex
#6Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.
I've been feeling that way for a while and whenever they send out surveys express my opposition to it.
They do seem to be working more with NAS OEMs to get Plex up and running on their devices seamlessly. And their recent support for Network based TV tuners is an interesting move.
The cloud integration works pretty well and I've used my 1TB of O365 OneDrive storage to host somethings in the cloud. The biggest problem I have is that some of my content has to be transcoded for the client and Plex doesn't do a very good job telling me what so I'm hesitant to throw it all up there. Otherwise the idea is sound and I'd use it to avoid consuming my ISP allotted bandwidth (fu comcast) when streaming remotely.
I wouldn't be terribly surprised if they offered a STB or SmartTV that ran the Plex Client exclusively.
Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex
#7Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.
Plex is a business that needs to monetize. For private local media, we need to revive and renovate VLC.
Don't they sell the product? I remember buying it, once upon a time.
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#8I'm confused why everyone (both regular users and plex pass users) gets ads.
Because the feature isn't free to implement so the ads offset the cost.
Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex
#9Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.
I'm a Plex user, but let's not be naive. They are a business and a cloud-based subscription model is way more profitable than giving away software for free to let people stream from a local server.
You can't blame them for making logical decisions for the health of the business (even if they negatively impact you).
Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex
#10Am I the only one who wants Plex to just be Plex, i.e. a media server for what I have stored locally? All of these new features make me think Plex is going in the direction of a cloud-only service and may drop local storage support down the line.
A lot of tech companies pride themselves in having a bunch of engineers on staff, so they have to stay relevant by adding bloatware and redesigning every 15 months.