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I think you only got this because you are the server owner, which you already have access to all that info.

I hope jellyfin comes fully to samsung tvs soon since the only thing stopping me from moving to jellyfin is my dad uses a samsung tv and I live to far away to go sideload it for him

Literally exploring other options. Plex, your days are numbered, cause this is BS! 🤬🤬🤬

There's nothing you can do to stop Plex collecting the data, but you can at least stop your friends seeing what you're watching by adjusting the privacy settings.

Wow. This did step.over a line. Disgusting move by Plex.

Now everyone knows all my weird kinks! How am I supposed to explain my weird milk, baby diaper, shaming fetish to them? Unless...

Lol, time to use alternative media servers.

I drop Plex years ago when they started doing shifty stuff. If I was sharing content with another person or someone with sharing content with me it it would start getting blocked and turned off. I guess they don't want people to use their software

You can turn that off...

Left Plex for Emby (when they started adding their own content and marketing it to me) few years ago, never looked back. You are absolutely right, one email like this and I’m gone. Emby does what it’s supposed to do and just that, that’s all I care about. Jellyfin looks cool too..

Use jellyfin. Problem solved

It’s not necessarily from your server, even if you just mark a movie/show as “Watched”, it’ll show up on your feed. No one will know if it’s from your server or not

I switched to jellyfin when my internet was dead and I couldn't quite get my content to work.

Jellyfin is decentralized and is 100% free

I haven't found an option that plex has over jellyfin yet

The subtitles bug I get on my ShieldTV is a little weird but after they started pushing live TV with ads, I decided to abandon it.

I have had a lifetime pass since year 2

OMG this is a company killer mistake. I will never use or recommend Plex. wow

You guys are so lucky, you got the e-mail. Plex didn't send me any e-mail.

Reading the comments, I guess you all never go and never have gone to the movies being so secretive about others knowing what you've watched.

This is why they forced everybody through a privacy settings prompt recently.

I remember getting downvoted to all hell somewhere when I suggested switching to Jellyfin because of Plex’s awful privacy policy and how they kept shoving the “free on Plex” crap on my home screen every time Plex updated. Switched to jellyfin about a year ago. Goodbye Plex, don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.

I know what the discussion on my favourite podcast is gonna be next week. This is kinda shenanigans. Ive had plex SO bloody long I dont remember ever getting this option to set it. Now I only have 1 friend, but still. Setting changed.

Edit: I commented on why im still using Plex the other day

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My Jellfin server has crashed a few times for no ryhme or reason without having touched it for a couple of weeks (no patches, no watchtower for docker, just dead). Plex has been fine.
Plex has proper intro skipping.
I was able to set up parental controls on Plex very quickly without any headache.
The wife/kid factor. Plex was/is easier for them.
The amount of time I have invested into managing Plex over the past decade is still less than I have into managing Jellyfin in the past 3 years.
Lifetime plexpass was gifted to me.

umm??? How does it share this data with respect to its own privacy statements???

https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/

M. What information does Plex collect from my Plex Media Server?

Plex does not share information about your Personal Content with third parties. Plex does not collect:

• Content titles of your Personal Content.

• Filenames EXCEPT those that may be collected under Debugging Information below.

• Metadata for Personal Content (e.g., information about the specific file, cover art, subtitles, running length, etc.) EXCEPT to customize viewed content syncing to enhance your account or if you have enabled metadata matching capabilities in which case such data will be anonymously sent to us or you have integrated with a third-party control or playback mechanism that requires us to access your metadata to play the relevant content (e.g., if you use Amazon Alexa to play a particular song or movie from your Personal Content, then our Services may search your Personal Content metadata in order to find and play the song or movie requested.)

Œuf I hope this isn’t occurring in Europe…

I can't recommend Jellyfin enough, it's a perfect replacement for Plex