Plex could reverse this trend in a week if they decided to prioritize work on any feature that their core market actually wanted.

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zythyx 3 hours ago | parent [-]

What more does Plex need? I would consider myself a power user of Plex and it does everything I need it to do. I would think the only thing I can think of is fully self-hosted login instead of their cloud option, but I'm glad we have that option because I don't want to handle the authentication of my friends and family

	▲	ssl-3 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It needs more of the feature that makes it a networked player for the media I already have (which works great -- once a person gets to it), and less of the misfeature that is the sideshow also-ran ad-supported and rental live streaming and on-demand offerings (which I will never, ever use -- and that Jellyfin lacks altogether). Plex been swinging in the wrong direction for a number of years now.
	▲	necessary an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Here's an easy one: working downloads on mobile. Plex offline downloads are notoriously buggy.
	▲	VonGuard 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		The poster you're asking this to is probably talking about plug-ins. Plex, very long ago, supported plug-ins, but it no longer does. Plug-ins were usually for adding in support for other media scrapers (porn and anime), or even other media types, like audiobooks. Additionally, Plex tends to revise their UI and inner workings in a way that favors everything but the core media sharing platform. They add TV stations, they mix in their streaming ad-supported channels with your search results, and push them before the friends and family stuff, making it tough to help other navigate to shared libraries. I think, overall, Plex is a good shepherd for their product, but everyone knows the enshitificaiton process is inevitable. It's just a question of how long the timeline between "Plex is usable" and "Plex is sold to private equity and is now utter shit." I've been pleasantly surprised with the length, so far. But having an escape hatch is always a good idea, and Jellyfin seems to be nearing a parity.
	▲	NoMoreNicksLeft an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The last time I was involved in a thread like this, I was banned from r/plex. I pointed out that Plex should do ebooks. It is a natural fit. They keep track of how far in a series or a show you are, they could keep track of where you are in a book. Many of the Plex idioms transfer well. It has a clear visual style that helps you to pick out the shows you might try, or shows like those you've already watched. BUT IT'S NOT EVEN MEDIA, YOU'RE STUPID Books were the first media, you must be illiterate. WHY WOULD I WANT TO READ BOOKS ON MY BIGSCREEN TV! Plex runs on my iPhone. And on yours too. [banhammered] But if you need more than one feature, I'm sure that in 10 or 15 minutes I could come up with a 90 page list of features. Without even trying. >I would think the only thing I can think of is fully self-hosted login instead of their cloud option Well shit. Even you can come up with one thing. Plex was awesome, and then Plex wanted to be the shittiest version of whatever CBS is calling their streaming service.