yeehawtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish·9 months agocross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comPlex To Launch a Store For Movies and TV Shows(entertainment.slashdot.org)external-linkarrow-up191arrow-down111message-square67 fedilink
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minus-squareAvid AmoebaEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down6·9 months agoedit-29 months agolinkfedilinkSorry, why are we switching away from Plex because of this? Genuinely asking. E: Wow at the downvotes to an honest question. 🥲
minus-squareyeehawOPEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkSee my long winded response here https://lemmy.ca/comment/6529326
minus-squareAvid AmoebaEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkThanks. I understand this perspective.
minus-squarePotatofishEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·9 months agolinkfedilinkSo I read it and I still don’t see the outrage.
minus-squareCroquetteEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s in the second paragraph. This is the beginning of the monetization for everything in Plex now that they have a good user base. They are starting to ramp up the milking. It will become like any other shitty streaming service eventually.
minus-squarePotatofishEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·9 months agolinkfedilinkAnd? As long as I can watch my content, why should I care? It’s a business with employees and they need to make money somehow.
minus-squareCroquetteEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down0·9 months agolinkfedilinkIf you cannot comprehend why people are outraged at a product they used getting degraded, not sure what to tell you.
minus-squarePotatofishEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·9 months agolinkfedilinkIt still does what it did when I started using it. What’s the problem?
Sorry, why are we switching away from Plex because of this? Genuinely asking.
E: Wow at the downvotes to an honest question. 🥲
See my long winded response here
https://lemmy.ca/comment/6529326
Thanks. I understand this perspective.
So I read it and I still don’t see the outrage.
It’s in the second paragraph. This is the beginning of the monetization for everything in Plex now that they have a good user base. They are starting to ramp up the milking.
It will become like any other shitty streaming service eventually.
And? As long as I can watch my content, why should I care? It’s a business with employees and they need to make money somehow.
If you cannot comprehend why people are outraged at a product they used getting degraded, not sure what to tell you.
It still does what it did when I started using it. What’s the problem?