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I consent to Plex to: (i) sell certain personal information (hashed emails, advertising identifiers) to third-parties for advertising and marketing purposes; and (ii) store and/or access certain personal information (advertising identifiers, IP address, content being watched) on my device(s) and share that information with Plex’s advertising partners. This data is used to deliver personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Your consent applies to all devices on which you have Plex installed. You can withdraw your consent at any time in Account Settings or using this page.
Soure: https://www.plex.tv/vendors/ (Might have to clear cache)
Can also read about the changes here: https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/
Yeah, but then you're not self-hosting, you're paying or using their free services to manage that for you.
You’re hosting the media still. It’s basically a hybrid between getting Netflix and running Jellyfin. They handle the delivery, you handle the media.
Yup. And letting them collect data on what goes through their service is the cost.
Yes. No one is debating that. The point is "why would you ever use plex?" is a simple answer: you can easily and quickly watch your pirated shit on all your devices with basically no technical knowledge at all. Yes people are willing to compromise for that, many people simply do not give a shit either way. But this insistence that people here "can't possibly get why anyone would use Plex" is just insane to me.
Happens with most services.
I’m sure that one boutique website you shopped on had buried in the T&C that they can sell your data.