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ITT: Have you heard the good news about our lord and saviour, Jellyfin?
I always wonder why some people are so dedicated to Jellyfin. Even if JF had full feature and experience parity, it would still not have secure remote access the way Plex does. There is no need to port forward or NAT Plex for external access if you use app.plex.tv to access. With the threat landscape the way it is today, that is worth a lot.
I haven't used Plex in a while, but I'm confused how Plex handles WAN connections without using any port forwarding? how is that possible?
Both the client and server connect to plex.tv which then brokers the connection between them. They essentially work as a very limited vpn between your clients and server.
This also gives them unrestricted access to the entirety of data passed between devices; and the ability to request any and all info from your server to be handed to whoever they chose.
This is also how they allow you to 'share' content/libraries with each others servers; through their public infrastructure that's collecting your information. Information they then sell to third parties to support their development and broker content agreements.
thanks for the explanation. I'll stick with jellyfin for now, I've heard rough things about privacy with Plex and that explains why.