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[–] meathappening@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imo anyone who stayed with Plex after they required you to create an account is insane, especially considering there have always been good alternatives.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 12 points 1 month ago

This exactly.

I looked into setting Plex up a few years ago. It installed, and then starts talking about making a cloud account. I don't want to talk to a cloud I just want to organize my own shit on my own network. Why does that need a cloud?

I uninstalled it. Everything I've seen since, and I mean EVERYthing, tells me I dodged a bullet. Not once have I read an article that makes me wish I'd continued the install.