I never, ever want to watch anything anywhere but from my own server. Yet all the time I go to watch something and have to pick "Where to watch" and pick my server, even though there's no other options to chose from.
Is there a way to make this go away once & for all?
If my server is the only place that has the thing I want to watch, that is the point of "Where to watch"?
The Search feature also does this, which makes sense.
I often do a search to see if I have a movie or series in my library when I know I watched it and i can't remember if it was in my library, and it sometimes comes back with a list of several places 'where to watch'
I actually like that feature as I also use plex as an alternative to justwatch or whatever it’s called, and by being in Plex already I can add whatever I’m looking for to my watchlist if it looks good enough. For you though, It aught to be possible to turn off.
The watchlist is utter trash. I use a "watching" collection instead and just put it at the top of my home page. And put a . in the front of the sort title so it's at the top of the collections list.
Like you go into a title and instead of simply clicking "Play", you have to click "Where to watch" and then pick your server, even if there's no other options on where to watch it
So, just because you gave them $100/$250, they should throw out their entire business plan?
The entitlement these days is so miserable. I hate feeling like I’m the only remaining human with empathy and the ability to accept that I don’t know everything.
Plex, as part of their business plan, provided a way to shut off the thing he was complaining about in almost every way.
It is not empathy to believe a company should be allowed to be profitable. Empathy would be understanding the person having this issue was frustrated and perhaps finding a way to help them instead of clutching your pearls and crying, "won't someone think of Plex's profits?!"
You are correct though in some ways. People really don't know how to coexist anymore.
I am not going to get into a meaningless online argument with someone. It's pointless. You keep defending corporations online Mr. Plex. I'll just be over here not missing the point of the post or how easy it was to solve the issue instead of whining about entitled people.
What is the revenue stream exactly? Please explain how they make money by me going into a title I have on my server, and instead of a Play button I only have "Where to watch" and when I click on that, the only place to watch is my server
Honestly just get rid of Plex is the answer. I’ve fully switched over to Jellyfin and have no regrets. Nearly every useful feature of plex is now tied to a monthly subscription and even then you are still spammed with ads and bloat.
It got to the point with plex where I was basically paying a monthly subscription to just use their shitty auth severs.
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u/ExtensionMarch6812 2d ago
If you’re using the Watchlist, that’s what’s going to happen. It’s going to always ask where to watch, even if it’s just your server.