Plex remains popular, but are users considering alternatives, like Jellyfin and Emby? We asked our readers, here's what they told us.

In Plex’s defense, I can opt out of disclosing certain information. But I’m still not comfortable sending any data to an ...

It's time to think of a new password if you use the Plex streaming platform. Plex, which has been around since 2009 and had 16 million active users as of 2023, notified its users Tuesday of a ...

One of the biggest features that (controversially) sits behind the Plex paywall is hardware transcoding. This is where a special video encoding chip built into your computer can handle the work of ...

The Plex personal media server had long allowed remote streaming for free users. The company announced back in March that this would in future require a paid Plex Pass subscription, which was set to ...

Building a Jellyfin server is easy and cheap, letting you drop Netflix and Disney Plus while taking control of your library.

I've been using Plex with my Lifetime PlexPass that cost $50 more than a decade ago. It has been relatively bulletproof, except when Microsoft wrecks my mapped network drive during its useless updates ...

Enshittification continues, everywhere. Plex have been going downhill for a while, in my estimation. My particular trigger was when they announced they were removing the Watch Together feature, though ...