the idea of signing up at plex is somewhat antithetical to a lot of selfhosters.. theres nothing plex is doing that cant be done for free with better software.

[–] TheOneCurly@lemmy.theonecurly.page 20 points 1 year ago (14 children)

To be fair that's a pretty recent development. Jellyfin apps for smart tvs are only just becoming stable enough for real use. Plex was the only option for a long time.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com -1 points 1 year ago (10 children)

ha, k.

most of us have been using some form of emby/jellfin, sage(defunct), xmbc, myth(defunct) for decades.. i mean theres a huge list of not new software.

smart tvs are only used by people who cant setup their own stuff and are generally derided as garbage.

"tvs" for most of us are an hdmi input

[–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you look up gatekeeping in the dictionary it gives a link back to this comment.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

then your dictionary is absolutely wrong

A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something, for example via a city gate or bouncer, or more abstractly, controls who is granted access to a category or status. Gatekeepers assess who is "in or out," in the classic words of management scholar Kurt Lewin.

im not saying what is in and out, im point out a single, terrible product.

plex is a shitty gatekeeper, and broadcasting o everyone the many, many, many alternative products to plex sure doesnt sound like a gate

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