@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-square459fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1314arrow-down1message-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-square459fedilinkfile-text
Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.
minus-square@frongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish-13•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-squareMaggiWuerzelinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 months agoRunning Plex locally is still perfectly viable without going through their servers
minus-square@stephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoCan you explain what you mean by not being able to self-host?
minus-squarepm me your puppieslinkfedilinkEnglish8•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-square@W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoYou can, and whitelist your local network so you don’t have to log in.
minus-square@Dozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI don’t know what this means and maybe I’m just not techy enough, but all my shit is on my PC, and if my PC is turned off it doesn’t work. Are you saying it goes through their servers? I’m just curious why it matters.
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.
I don’t know what this means and maybe I’m just not techy enough, but all my shit is on my PC, and if my PC is turned off it doesn’t work. Are you saying it goes through their servers? I’m just curious why it matters.