7d ago

Latest plex for iOS

Oooowhhheeee. What absolute turd of an update. Who decided throwing a gagillion movie posters and buttons randomly on a screen was an “improvement”? Yikes.

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Instead of focusing on stability of the iOS app, they keep f🤬🤬king up the UI. I have to relay on infuse.

It’s so fucking bad. Can’t search for music anymore, PIP glitches constantly, forces screen rotate on play, looks like dogshit.

I am realizing it’s time to prepare for using Jellyfin full time instead. And I have a lifetime pass, so it stings a bit.
Good thing Jellyfin just keeps getting better.
- Yeah, I've been in the same boat. Giving up Plex is hard, but it's just unavoidable now. Plex keeps adding crap I don't want, Jellyfin keeps adding stuff I do.
  
  I’m trying the Infuse client as a workaround for now. Connects to the Plex server and seems to work.
- yep, I run them side by side and most of my personal use has moved over to JF.
  in my opinion all that JF is lacking is better user management for remote users. The player apps are honestly fine if your clients have fairly modern dedicated playback devices.
  
  Is jellyfin able to use one account to access multiple servers? Or how does that work?
- i’m literally waiting on 1 thing: media segments on tvOS
  even jellyfins implementation is better: not just intro and credits, but recaps, commercials, and you can add/update them manually via the API if the audio detection is wrong
  everything else about jellyfin is roughly equal, better, or not a big deal (though i do like the SSO library sharing with plex, it’s far from a deal breaker and i’m sure could be achieved with a jellyfin plugin)
  
  by tvOS do you mean infuse? for me infuse's UI is too lacking, that's the main thing keeping me from switching to jellyfin.
- I’ve been using Emby. Developers there are good and it’s more polished than Jellyfin. I tried both a few years ago and preferred Emby.
  
  Is Emby safe to expose to the internet? A lot of people on here seem to think Jellyfin isn't worth the risk of exposing.
  After reading about jellyfin, it doesn't seem THAT bad but it also sounds like the devs don't care.
- @Zachariah @plex the lifetime pass will still be valid in 20 years when they get it working properly.

plex has been making actrocious UI decisions ever since they decided to push their ad streaming service. the enshittification train has left the station.

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