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Plex is overhauling its apps with a redesign and under-the-hood upgrades (www.engadget.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by simplejack to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago (28 children)

I used plex for years and years with my lifetime license, but a few years ago I felt Plex was way too bloated and swapped to Jellyfin. I don't think about Plex now unless an article mentions it. There's no feature of functionality I notice that's missing, and I have a low tolerance for dealing with troubleshooting when I want to relax.

[–] EncryptKeeper 4 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

They finally added intro skipping within the last month that works with the web client. Now we just have to wait for clients to update.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

How about iOS downloads for offline viewing? Server transcoding?

I’m a lifetime plex user but this enshitification has been increasing a lot lately.

[–] EncryptKeeper 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure, I don’t use Jellyfin myself. I use Emby. It’s the more feature rich and polished older brother of Jellyfin.

I’ve been following Jellyfin’s progress because I’d like to go full FOSS but it’s still just not there yet. UI, clients, performance, all too big a downgrade from Plex still.

I can definitely recommend you look into Emby. It’s still the best alternative to Plex’s enshittification.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks so much for the response. You understand. I want to go OSS but I’m just not quite willing to settle for a huge feature gap.

It’s funny, it’s a race to see if the OSS can get good enough or if the commercial software gets shitty enough.

Eventually I’ll switch but the loss in feature has to outweigh the shit.

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