There’s a new Plex UI that they pushed to Android a few months ago that breaks everything, removes options and customizability, requires extra unintuitive actions to get to any self-hosted libraries, and pushes Plex’s Live TV and other junk into prominent UI positions, as I assume the investors and MBAs demanded.
It was released and universally criticized. So Plex’s team thought long and hard about that user feedback - ok, ok, sorry, I couldn’t make it without laughing. They changed nothing and pushed forward and now it hit Roku, with no way to decline or roll back.
I honestly haven’t opened the android app for awhile. But I just did and the content from my server was right there on load. Near the bottom was trailers and things from Apple TV. I had to scroll pretty far down to see this and if anything it gave me an overview of what was coming up so I could add them to radarr.
I see no Plex content, I have it disabled on my account. So if it was there I’d be pretty annoyed, but it wasn’t. So whatever.
The lifetime membership to Jellyfin is on Github in the form of a GPL license and the source code. I’ve got a lifetime membership to Jellyfin and it didn’t cost me a dime.
Did you mean Jellyfin?
Jellyfin, unfortunately failed the spouse test when I last tried last year.
Besides, I don’t think for this particular case it would help much, they both pull their data from the same places iirc
I know Lemmy is obsessed with Jellyfin, but alot of us have lifetime memberships to Plex, and will switch when hell freezes over.
I didn’t have to pay for Jellyfin, I think you got scammed.
Wait until you see what they did to the Roku UI.
So Jellyfin… How hard is it to migrate from Plex?
What about it? Genuinely… I’ve been using Rokus longer than Plex, what’s the issue with the Roku version?
There’s a new Plex UI that they pushed to Android a few months ago that breaks everything, removes options and customizability, requires extra unintuitive actions to get to any self-hosted libraries, and pushes Plex’s Live TV and other junk into prominent UI positions, as I assume the investors and MBAs demanded.
It was released and universally criticized. So Plex’s team thought long and hard about that user feedback - ok, ok, sorry, I couldn’t make it without laughing. They changed nothing and pushed forward and now it hit Roku, with no way to decline or roll back.
Curious is this is something that is forced on non members. Plex will die the moment they abuse their members.
I honestly haven’t opened the android app for awhile. But I just did and the content from my server was right there on load. Near the bottom was trailers and things from Apple TV. I had to scroll pretty far down to see this and if anything it gave me an overview of what was coming up so I could add them to radarr.
I see no Plex content, I have it disabled on my account. So if it was there I’d be pretty annoyed, but it wasn’t. So whatever.
They are clearly making a shift to bury the user’s libraries to the profit of their monetised content.
I guess they consider that our lifetime pass isn’t enough money anymore.
Enshitification is here, and I’m pretty sure it’s on it’s way to every other platform’s UIs.
So yeah, I guess it’s time to figure out how Jellyfin works.
It took me just a few minutes to set up. 4 folders, TV, Videos, Movies, Music
It would take me more than a few minutes to set up remote access VPN-less, Arr stack and Riven/Zurg to it…
But hey, as a Plex Pass lifetime user Jellyfin still looks like a good second option.
Sorry, did you mean a lifetime membership to Jellyfin? Because I don’t think there is such a thing…
The lifetime membership to Jellyfin is on Github in the form of a GPL license and the source code. I’ve got a lifetime membership to Jellyfin and it didn’t cost me a dime.
Erst vor kurzem gewechselt. Geht schon gut, diese Geleefloße