kiol@discuss.online to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPeople who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question)message-squaremessage-square277linkfedilinkarrow-up142file-text
arrow-up142message-squarePeople who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question)kiol@discuss.online to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square277linkfedilinkfile-text
Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.
minus-squareryan_@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m not switching at this time because I already bought a lifetime pass about 7 years ago. If ANY of my functionality gets changed by Plex then I’ll be switching
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey already changed the authentication system a few years ago. Everything goes through their server now. You can’t self-host it.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoRunning Plex locally is still perfectly viable without going through their servers
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoCan you explain what you mean by not being able to self-host?
minus-squarepm me your puppies@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThey can’t because they’re just plain wrong. I’ve been self-hosting Plex (lifetime pass) for years so idk what they’re on about
minus-squareW98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou can, and whitelist your local network so you don’t have to log in.
I’m not switching at this time because I already bought a lifetime pass about 7 years ago. If ANY of my functionality gets changed by Plex then I’ll be switching
They already changed the authentication system a few years ago. Everything goes through their server now. You can’t self-host it.
Running Plex locally is still perfectly viable without going through their servers
Can you explain what you mean by not being able to self-host?
They can’t because they’re just plain wrong. I’ve been self-hosting Plex (lifetime pass) for years so idk what they’re on about
You can, and whitelist your local network so you don’t have to log in.