I didn’t mention Jellyfin, there are other options that just the two ya know? My amazement comes from the fact that Plex, as a corporation, has consistently shown that they hate their own customers. I am equally surprised when I see people still use products by Microsoft, Google, META, Etc, however Plex is particularly perplexing (pun intended), as their core users are not the “general public” but rather a slightly more technically minded subset that should be more adept at seeing the better alternatives.
The thing is it still works though. I paid for a license, it still works, so why would I switch?
Do I wish they would actually add features to the core media server and not just their attempts at capitalization? Sure, I would.
Does the fact they don’t inhibit my ability to use it? No
at seeing the better alternatives
As for example? A mediaserver that allows remote streaming without installing elaborate vpn schemes, whose media matching works reliably and that enables me to use hardware encoding for multiple 4k streams?
I’m going to shill any particular media server, I’m sure you’re perfectly capable of comparing and selecting on your own, nor an I trying to suggest that any will have the same feature set or all the features you wish for out of the box. I’m only expressing surprise that people, particularly people in the homelabbing/self-hosting community, are still using a product like Plex
I’m always amazed when Jellyfin users lack the minimum critical thinking to see that there are valid reasons for that
I didn’t mention Jellyfin, there are other options that just the two ya know? My amazement comes from the fact that Plex, as a corporation, has consistently shown that they hate their own customers. I am equally surprised when I see people still use products by Microsoft, Google, META, Etc, however Plex is particularly perplexing (pun intended), as their core users are not the “general public” but rather a slightly more technically minded subset that should be more adept at seeing the better alternatives.
Call it smugness if you wish though
The thing is it still works though. I paid for a license, it still works, so why would I switch? Do I wish they would actually add features to the core media server and not just their attempts at capitalization? Sure, I would. Does the fact they don’t inhibit my ability to use it? No
As for example? A mediaserver that allows remote streaming without installing elaborate vpn schemes, whose media matching works reliably and that enables me to use hardware encoding for multiple 4k streams?
I’m going to shill any particular media server, I’m sure you’re perfectly capable of comparing and selecting on your own, nor an I trying to suggest that any will have the same feature set or all the features you wish for out of the box. I’m only expressing surprise that people, particularly people in the homelabbing/self-hosting community, are still using a product like Plex