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I shared my library for years and never had a Plex pass. What are you talking about? And yes, I switched to jellyfin and everyone else should too. Why would I pay $5 a month to share content that I already own with other people.

I’d never pay for a monthly service when a lifetime license is available. I’ve been using Plex for years, so getting a Plex Pass was a no-brainer—especially with how much I remote stream, download for offline use, and rely on hardware-accelerated streaming, bandwidth caps, and transcoding limits. If Jellyfin had been around when I started my library (pre-2018), maybe I’d have gone that route—but it wasn’t.

There is nothing stopping you from changing now.

Exactly, I have plex pass . 😂 Unless you meant towards Jellyfin 🤔

No I mean there's nothing stopping you from switching to jellyfin now.

True but there is no reason for me to switch to Jellyfin as Plex gives me all I need. I’m not getting anything new by switching. I would only setup JF to try it out.

You get nothing but more data sovriegnty....you know Plex is selling your streaming habits right?

And the client that you watch Jellyfin doesn’t? Plex has lets you turn off any data collected, granted you have to trust if they follow through but that applies to all devices we come in contact to. Nostr clients could sell your data, your phone, isp, browsing the internet and the list goes on and on… You can only do so much to limit. The only way to stop is to not use any of these devices at all - live that TRUE off grid life.

This shows a gross misunderstanding of jellyfin and self hosted media libraries. Jellyfin IS the client. What are you talking about? Nostr clients can't sell your data either of you're the one running it. If setup my own instance of nostrudel, the only person that can sell my data is me...

You’re part of the minority that actually stands out. It’s like trying to block your house from Google Maps — and ending up with the Streisand Effect. If you really want to block Plex from communicating externally, Pi-hole can help with that. Yes, Jellyfin is a great alternative — but think about the bigger picture. If you're using it on a Samsung TV, you're relying on their App Store and TizenOS. On Apple TV, you're probably using Infuse. Even if you're committed to data sovereignty, there comes a point where the battle isn't worth it. That doesn't mean giving up the war — just recognizing that there are many other ways you’re being tracked. As for Plex selling streaming data for ads? Personally, that doesn’t bother me. First, I use ad blocking. Second, ads don’t influence my purchasing decisions. That’s where self-control comes in.

Jellyfin is not available for tizenos. You would have to enable developer mode and use adb to push the APK. And no I don't rely on app stores. Pihole is dumb and unnecessary. You can just use Mullvad DNS servers. I'm well aware of how all of my data is used because I actually care about it and don't just front like I do unless it's inconvenient.

You're in the minority, and I respect the technical effort—it’s not something most users have time or interest to replicate. Solutions like Pi-hole, Mullvad, and Unbound are effective, and there are plenty of ways to mitigate tracking. My point is that a lot of the outrage from Plex users feels overblown. Most power users grabbed a lifetime Plex Pass during a promo years ago. Jellyfin wasn’t even around until 2018, so migration wasn’t an option early on. And Plex’s watch data sharing can be disabled—it’s opt-out, not forced. That said, I was mistaken about Jellyfin not being on Tizen OS—it’s not available there, but it is on Roku, webOS, Android TV (via Play Store, Amazon Appstore, or ideally F-Droid), Infuse and iOS - which can track data. You have to compromise somewhere.

Just because people lack interest in their sovereignty, like yourself, does not mean giving in to the more convenient option is okay. Go get your eyes scanned because it makes buying coffee is so convenient now.

You are assuming I have no interest in sovereignty. We could be more alike than you know. Lastly, there are many different types of battles in this war against them. Thank you for this conversation, it was engaging. Have a nice day!

You have no interest in sovriegnty if it's just the slightest bit of work or would seem...