The worst part is that people still buy their shit instead of laughing them out of existence.

Why is it that hard to break away from big tech? Start with Microsoft - their software gets worse every year… At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re just selling copilot slop

There are some things I still can’t get used to - the “Photosphop compatible” keybinds still aren’t 1:1 with Photoshop, and the way that several tools have been replaced by brushes just feels weird to me.

That said, it is MUCH more natural for me to use that GIMP.

Legit had somebody angry with me at work because their copilot button wasn’t showing in Outlook… Like what? If you can’t even write your own emails why are you even employed? “What would you say… You do here?”

Same, but Krita

If it was about user security, they would allow all users to have root level access to their phone.

See the same nonsense in the PC world with people talking about their “anticheat” when in what they really mean is “rootkit”

Probably Spez trying to down vote everything here to make Reddit look better lmao

Yeah, I only use that hot mess of an OS when I get paid to use it lmao

You mean it when to “They don’t want my money anymore since they removed it from the tier I was paying into, so they won’t mind me getting it in other ways”

Yup, and you’ll see the idiots I droves coke to defend it, too - “but the water resistance!” As if they’re swimming with their phone or something. The S5 was fine for using in the rain and getting splashed.

When they removed SD cards from the more recent phones, the idiots were out there in droves telling me how nobody uses SD cards but me. Crazy what some people are willing to store on somebody else’s computer, and how much people are willing to over-pay for storage. Absolutely wild.

Nope, in fact I got good at IT shit because it seldom worked and I had to do the work of troubleshooting and figuring things out. And times were better because we had that ability.

There’s been this stupid drive of “user friendliness” = removing useful power features from software.

Now everybody just expects things to work, and they don’t care about having any ability to learn about it or fix it, and we’re all paying for it. Things are likely getting shittier over time specifically because of people refusing to learn and accepting “If it doesn’t work, I guess I need to buy a new thing”. Fuck that line of thinking - if it’s digital, it can be done eventually. It’s just a case of figuring out how, or waiting a bit for hardware to get to the point where it can be done.

Hold on hold on, are you saying the Lemmy server we registered on is… A LIE? THERE ARE LIES ON THE INTERNET?? Oh noooooo

It peaked around 2015 or so and has been on a downward spiral since.

It is heping Plex by adding to their number of users and further justifying their enshitifcaiton.

The correct move is to uninstall it and use an alternative.

Accepting enshitifcaiton and the downward trend of the status quo is why we have enshitifcaiton and the downward trend of the status quo.

Companies know users will just accept shit rather than be mildly inconvenienced or uncomfortable for a bit while they learn something new, even if it’s a million times better.

The entire side service they’re they’ve been pushing where they want to inject their own streaming crap into the media server. The whole point of Plex used to be for you to host your own media collection, and was relatively hands-off. But sure, continue to support them by using the software and inflating their numbers. Don’t cry to me when better options crumble and all you’re left with is a completely enshitifed app, what do I know? Lmao

I don’t care about my Plex pass, I care about the basic service getting shit on. The pass was never meant to give me a premium product, it was meant to support the devs and give me a few minor feature perks.

I’ve used Plex since 2009-2010. I’ve watched it change into the trash it is becoming. People should trash it and move to Jellyfin.

I’ve been using Plex form 2009-2010 and have watched it slowly enshitify. The purpose of the software was to allow people to host their own media server and making it accessible anywhere. The pass was a nice way to thank the devs and get some small perks. Now it seems like they are yet again stripping features from basic users.

The op’s stance of “I have a pass so it doesn’t affect me” is further supporting and encouraging the enshitifcaiton of what used to be a good service for anybody. Jellyfin seems to be the way to go now.

You’re saying you bought a pass, fuck all the people that didn’t buy a pass. Sure other people could buy a pass, but why would you want to encourage them to do that and incentivize the further enshitifcaiton of Plex?

This is total “fuck you, got mine” energy. You’re part of the problem. As somebody else who owns a Plex pass, I’m done with their bullshit. I downloaded Plex as a way to serve my content to my devices. These morons lost their way a while ago and became a dump, and clearly it’s not getting any better.

Hopefully this latest big-brain move of theirs drives more users off their shit platform to one that’s better.

But you have a Plex pass, so I’m sure it won’t affect you when the money disappears and the company folds lol.