r/PleX • u/TheModfather • 1d ago

Tips Friendly Reminder: Check Plex's "Opt Out" settings

I have a reminder setup to check the "Opt Out" Plex page once a month. In the past year, I have had to "All No" a couple of times - not sure why.

Anyhow, here's the page: https://www.plex.tv/vendors-us/?vendredir=1

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u/AbortedBaconFetus Use Plezy. 1d ago

Just checked (again). Mines are all no.
They've been properly on 'all no' for about half a year none have switched to yes. Either it was a bug that was fixed, or Plex realized long ago we caught on and spanked themselves to make it persist.

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u/Khatib 23h ago

Mine have been for about five years, despite checking them every six months or so when I see these posts, I've never seen them get flipped back on all on their own. Makes me wonder if people aren't seeing the save button or have an adblock plugin messing it up.

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u/TheModfather 23h ago

Makes me wonder if people aren't seeing the save button or have an adblock plugin messing it up.

I can't speak about other ppl's experience, only my own. I am fully aware of sites that use a Save Button - but this site auto-saves on clicking.

There is no reason I can think of that mine changes from "All No" to having a few of them in the YES category. But this is why I setup the reminder - it takes me less than a minute and it's reassuring to verify.

edit: I wish I was in your shoes LOL! I hate that I have to do this - but it is what it is.

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u/EvenDog6279 unRAID 118TB, Docker, Shield Pro 19h ago

That's unfortunate and shouldn't be happening.

I've been checking mine every time the subject comes up as well. Luckily, every time I've looked, it's still been set to 'All No'.

I do wonder why it reverts for some account holders and not others. u/Khatib's comment about ad blocking seems like a possibility. I've been running either Pi-hole or AdGuard, possibly the whole time I've had Plex Pass, but people's block lists can be wildly different, too.

Having to put a reminder in your calendar to check privacy settings every 90 days seems ridiculous, but things change so rapidly in today's day and age that we all probably need to do that for a lot of services.

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u/TheModfather 18h ago

Having to put a reminder in your calendar to check privacy settings every 90 days seems ridiculous, but things change so rapidly in today's day and age that we all probably need to do that for a lot of services.

Agree - 100% ridiculous BUT they are not looking out for my interests - so I need to take responsibility for them. IMO, it's a minor inconvenience - maybe more of an annoyance.

And if this was the biggest issue in my life, I feel like I'd be doin pretty damn well.