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In todays episode of "Plex enshittifies" Plex employee breaks ToS.

Source: https://forums.plex.tv/t/fake-reviews-on-play-store-by-plex-staff/917736

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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

I ditched Plex for Jellyfin a while ago and am not a fan of Plex, but this is the silliest thing to complain about. First of all, just because they work for Plex doesn't automatically make it a fake review. Certainly wouldn't call it an unbiased one, but that doesn't mean the review is fake.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

It would've been fine with a disclaimer

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago

It's biased and problematic because they don't state they work for Plex.

Thing is, had they been transparent about it, at least we could give them credit for acknowledging that up front. Now we have to wonder how many reviews are from employees.

this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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