Plex, the free streaming app, laid off approximately 20% of its staff. The company reportedly blames a slowdown in the advertising market.
  • OrvanisEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Not shocked that the FAST model has unpredictable revenue downturns. But I was surprised to read that Plex has roughly 175 employees - that seems way, way higher than I would have expected.

    • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      You need all those employees to make additions to your code like arcade addons… then to deprecate them less than a year later… rinse and repeat.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Eh, I won’t miss them. I have a Plex lifetime sub but I switched to Jellyfin long ago over privacy concerns. Plex was also a super bitch to get working across multiple vlans on the home network. Jellyfin just works.

  • wjrii@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, I always forget that Plex thinks it’s an actual business. If it goes away, I’ll finally switch over to Kodi.

  • philz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Love my Plex media server but I also have my jellyfin server set up just in case.

    • dodgypast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      This is where I’m at.

      Due to the clients Plex is more convenient for my users but most of them would buy a cheap device that would maintain their access if I swapped.

      In the long run I’m expecting to do it but right now Plex suits my use case better.

  • Archer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Knew buying the “lifetime” membership would be a mistake, and forcing you to use an Internet login for your local media was another red flag. Glad I noped out