It already more or less has been, which is why it’s on the death-by-enshittification spiral. Plex tried to join the streaming wars way too late to compete, it can’t go back to being a self-hosted media server company because it won’t generate enough profits for investors, so it’s going to do an Evernote and keep charging more and more from its last users until everyone leaves.
I stopped using the main app when the ad-driven and subscription content choked out the media server, but RIP Plexamp when it goes.
How much longer until the “Plex sold to private equity” headline?
They already taken 10s of millions in VC so whenever those investors decide it’s not profitable basically
It already more or less has been, which is why it’s on the death-by-enshittification spiral. Plex tried to join the streaming wars way too late to compete, it can’t go back to being a self-hosted media server company because it won’t generate enough profits for investors, so it’s going to do an Evernote and keep charging more and more from its last users until everyone leaves.
I stopped using the main app when the ad-driven and subscription content choked out the media server, but RIP Plexamp when it goes.