Re: Re: Lifetime Plex Pass pr
By: Mindsurfer to Nightfox on Fri May 22 2026 12:55 am
I'm curious what you see as a problem with creating an account?
It just did not feel as i would have full control over who sees my vacation videos. I don't want to sign in somewhere else to watch my own stuff. if it was just a local account then i misunderstood the concept of having this account. I need to have 100% control over a media server. When i have to be afraid that it might does phone home with usage- and meta-data i do not use it. Jellyfin is open source, Plex is closed source.
By default, with Plex, only you have access to watch your videos. You can give permission to other users with a Plex account to get access to watch your videos, but without that, nobody else has permission to view your stuff.
A couple times, when traveling, I've brought one of my streaming devices with the Plex client app installed (which I've already logged into) and plugged it into hotel TVs (using hotel wifi) and I haven't had a problem watching my content remotely.
Nightfox
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