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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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[-] LavaPlanet@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I think they're getting pressure re the pirating aspect. I could imagine the bigger they get the bigger the magnifying glass will be held up to them. They're probably doing some fancy footwork to be able to remain in production / avoid lawsuits and similar pressure.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Sure, that's why they keep adding features people don't want. But gimping one of their key paid features makes no sense to me.

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I would imagine its harder to argue you don't condone your users using it for piracy when you have a feature that automatically does stuff very closely related to piracy. I'm not going to get into an argument over whether it's defensible legally or not, but it makes sense to me that they play it safe in general.

this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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