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Plex; Introducing Plex Photos Beta (www.plex.tv)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (13 children)

I don't care about the photos. But glad to hear they are taking photos and music out of the main app and making it less bloated.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

K. You lost me years ago when your photos and camera upload function were total shit forever. I since moved all my crap to nextcloud camera upload and photoprism. Not gonna change any time soon

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Plex never fixes stuff and it's really bad. They don't even have a feedback system.

The login process for Plex photos (Android) was near im impossible, because it used the browser which closed/if I went away from the app such as if I wanted to copy my passqord from my password manager. I wouldn't be at all suprised if that wouldn't change until way after stable release.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can log into the browser beforehand if that helps

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I use Firefox Focus because operating a phone is hard. I guess I can switch it temporarily but that's once again iffy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I only recently started using Plex because they added the Drew Carey Show. I didn't know they were anything other than a streaming service.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Their main product is a server that you run on a computer and lets you stream your own content.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Their main product is telemetry and selling your watch history to advertisers.

That's why Plex doesn't work without an active internet connection.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I genuinely love PlexAmp. I’m curious about the photos thing and might give it a try.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I just wish it had local sync for my whole music library, not just some small slice of it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

At this point the only thing holding me back from switching to Jellyfin is Plex’s transcoded download function.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I wish there was a way to hide the synopsis.

I like watching movies and TV without knowing the plot of what I'm about to watch

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