Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data

• kingofras@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  OP is claiming Plex will now SELL your personal data.

  Omitting that the user must provide consent, not like Firefox or Adobe just updates T&C and forces user agreement. OP’s title is upvote seeking, cherry picking to quote certain text which makes it seem like they leave the user no choice, and leaving out the part of the text that stipulates the user does have to consent prior to the sale of information.

  Moreover, the sale of data seems to be in order to facilitate the ads they show in their free movie and tv content, and even then is still opt in. The ads aren’t, but the data sale isn’t.

  For posterity the full OP at the time of this post

  Plex now will SELL your personal data

  Text:

  I consent to Plex to: (i) sell certain personal information (hashed emails, advertising identifiers) to third-parties for advertising and marketing purposes; and (ii) store and/or access certain personal information (advertising identifiers, IP address, content being watched) on my device(s) and share that information with Plex’s advertising partners. This data is used to deliver personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Your consent applies to all devices on which you have Plex installed. You can withdraw your consent at any time in Account Settings or using this page.

  Soure: www.plex.tv/vendors/ (Might have to clear cache)

  Can also read about the changes here: www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/

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  • Sunny@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’ve changed the title to better align with the context. Doesn’t change the fact that Plex is a gobshite is ran by a company 🙃

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    • kingofras@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Thanks OP, appreciate it.

      I’m not disagreeing with any of your other statements. The enshitification is real. However, let’s not put them in the Adobe camp just because they are selling ad metrics and open about it. That’s actually transparent and still only applies to people watching content with ads in it.

      The overall Lifetime Plexpass user is completely not affected by this, so the entire first reaction to your post that it’s time to ditch Plex for some other platform is not really justified.

      People who are using Plex for just selfhosting without using their free online streaming stuff are not affected by this at all.

      But eventually yes, I’m sure capitalism will also kill Plex. But possibly our planet and entire civilisation before that.

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  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yep, all that info is in the original post, TWICE.

    It’s mentioned both in the screenshot AND the text that Plex claims to only sell the data with your consent.

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