Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data

Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If we find out “I do not consent” opts out, I’m fine with it.

  Why? They don’t need more money. Jellyfin proves how much of their service can be done for free

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  • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t disagree at all, but morally and legally speaking if “no” means “no”, I don’t actually see anything wrong with the prompt or the idea itself. If no means “later” or “limit this data”, or even “anonymize this data”, it’s time to revolt.

    I agree Jellyfin’s pretty rad and DOES prove what can be done for free, I’ve used both and Plex is a much more “set and forget” and I personally have had more issues with streams breaking/stopping for no reason with Jellyfin- are those probably my fault? Yep, probably borked a setting or misconfigured it- just saying that’s my personal experience.

    I’m just one idiot making noises with my meat flaps. I’m no authority.

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  • Smokeydope@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    From what Ive seen in arguments about this, Plex generally is more accessible with QoL and easier to understand interface for non-techie people to share with family/friends. Something thats hard for nerdy people to understand is that average people are perfectly fine paying for digital goods and services. They happily pay premiums just to not have to rub two braincells together. If you figure out how to make a very useful plug-an-play service that works without the end user of average intelligence/domain knowledge stressing about how to set up, maintain, and navigate confusing layouts, you’ve created digital gold.

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    • sunstoned@lemmus.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      xkcd.com/2501/

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• feddylemmy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “I do not consent” is indeed an opt out and you can use plex just as you were before.

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  • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Good to know. When I get this prompt at home I’ll be watching my Pihole server quite closely for a while to see for sure.

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    • feddylemmy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’d be interested in your results

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      • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Got the prompt earlier this week. Haven’t seen any noticeable increase in its DNS requests, but it’s not impossible that the hostnames it’s reaching out to just aren’t in my MANY block lists.
        271 blocks today and all the same old- analytics.plex.tv. Image

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• suicidaleggroll@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If we find out “I do not consent” opts out, I’m fine with it.

  That’s exactly what it does. I got the prompt on my system, I said no, and it said ok and everything proceeded on like normal.

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