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Yeah let’s get the average person who run plex’s using traefik and cloudflare and tell them “it simply works” lol come on man
I mean, if they don’t want to learn, there is always netflix, prime, Disney +.
Or stay with plex, no shade.
Or you take an afternoon and build something cool like this.
Those services are not the same. I can’t load my own media onto Disney+. How is this even a real argument?
Plex is best understood as an intermediate step. You get something akin to your own personal Netflix/Spotify, but you get to host your own files. There are pros and cons to this.
If I had not first used Plex, I wouldn’t be where I am now. It’s like training wheels. Some people never learn how to ride a bike fully, and that’s OK. But this community is about self hosting and yet all we do is whine about people who aren’t diving into the deep end. How about we just focus on hosting shit ourselves? All I hear these days is Plex Plex Plex and how dumb people are for using Plex. I use jellyfin and Plex. Plex exists for my low headache needs with my less tech savvy friends and family. I completely understand why some people use it.