I want to get away and relax and now I see that @$$hat Trump plastered on a single row of my plex server? This is pathetic! If I want to be depressed about how many people are dying around world, Iāll search for it on YouTube THANK YOU! The last thing i was to see is news when iām on my HT interface! Give us an option to remove this cr@p.
PLEASE
Any ETA on the disable feature perhaps @BigWheel ? I read that it was coming soon in an hotfix update. Iāve received an update this week but it didnāt introduce this feature alas, although on Android it did get moved down the list at least, Iām still looking forward to the off switch myself.
Thanks, Stefan.
I have the same question, how to remove Plex News. I could have installed it via a Channelā¦which is optional. I use Plex to watch MY media, on MY serverā¦I donāt want news
************* Remove Plex News****************
They said there will be an update to disable the news on the dashboard. The problem is they said this weeks ago and still no update.
@stefanvanruiten said:
Any ETA on the disable feature perhaps @BigWheel ? I read that it was coming soon in an hotfix update. Iāve received an update this week but it didnāt introduce this feature alas, although on Android it did get moved down the list at least, Iām still looking forward to the off switch myself.Thanks, Stefan.
So ā¦ Any word on this perhaps @bigwheel? Was hoping for more feedback after the earlier silence regarding the privacy policy.
@donyzz said:
They said there will be an update to disable the news on the dashboard. The problem is they said this weeks ago and still no update.
ā¦ maybe hoping it would go away?
+1, Donāt want āNEWSā (laughable name given the SHITE content). Where is the ability to turn it off?
If I want this sort of content I just swith over to the YOUTUBE app.
How about spending time on fixing things instead of introducing āfeaturesā.
@āFrank Loganā said:
@donyzz said:
They said there will be an update to disable the news on the dashboard. The problem is they said this weeks ago and still no update.ā¦ maybe hoping it would go away?
Yes it appears that way. Another week goes by and nothing. Plex devs seem to have stop responding to posts as well.
@stefanvanruiten said:
@stefanvanruiten said:
Any ETA on the disable feature perhaps @BigWheel ? I read that it was coming soon in an hotfix update. Iāve received an update this week but it didnāt introduce this feature alas, although on Android it did get moved down the list at least, Iām still looking forward to the off switch myself.Thanks, Stefan.
So ā¦ Any word on this perhaps @bigwheel? Was hoping for more feedback after the earlier silence regarding the privacy policy.
It seems that unfortunately @BigWheel is adhering to the official plex communication strategy currently, perhaps @kinoCharlino can provide us with an update?
Thanks stefan
We havenāt posted because there is no news yet to share. The functionality request is sitting with engineering (along with other things, of course) and we donāt have an ETA.
@kinoCharlino , maybe while the engineers are working on that, any the host of bugs; which seem to be many based a quick look at top posts from the many forum sections and threads; maybe the āPlex Future Planning Boardā can learn from this. No one asked for thisā¦ this is supposed to be HTPC software for managing and playing personal media.
Between this, and gathering data from users, itās been been a bit of a ābad pressā few months. There are long time members openly talking about dropping Plex, and many who have. The āother guysā, keep getting free press. With those posts, and the volume of bug, error, and general complaints, including the lack of promt and honost/vauge customer support; would a Plex employee, if this was another products site, use, buy or support the product?
This was, and is supposed to be software that was made by home theater enthousiasts. Do you like software that collects data on you? Do you like a general lack of customer support as highlighted above?
If you or anyone on the Plex Team, feels that this is harsh, you need to find out who is steering your ship, as youāre headed for an iceburg.
Fortunately itās apparently deactivated for my main account on my AndroidTV, however itās on for my kidās account. How can I turn that off? I donāt want my child to be exposed to this.
Thank you.
At last, I have some news for you all. Weāre pushing to add the ability to manually disable/enable News on a per-account basis via Plex Web in the next web release. Itās considered a blocker for that release, which means if its not ready, the update wonāt ship. Weāre shooting for a release by the end of this month or sooner, but could slip a little if more time is needed for the release work to be finished. Thank you for your patience.
@kinoCharlino said:
At last, I have some news for you all. Weāre pushing to add the ability to manually disable/enable News on a per-account basis via Plex Web in the next web release. Itās considered a blocker for that release, which means if its not ready, the update wonāt ship. Weāre shooting for a release by the end of this month or sooner, but could slip a little if more time is needed for the release work to be finished. Thank you for your patience.
Thanks for the update. Per account does that mean I have to manually disable it on my families accounts and hope they donāt turn it on again or can I disable it for my entire setup as the master user (and paying user). Wouldnāt it make more sense to disable it on a server level or something? I donāt want anyone in my household to see the news preferably.
Great to see progress and get an update.
@stefanvanruiten said:
Thanks for the update. Per account does that mean I have to manually disable it on my families accounts and hope they donāt turn it on again or can I disable it for my entire setup as the master user (and paying user). Wouldnāt it make more sense to disable it on a server level or something? I donāt want anyone in my household to see the news preferably.
News doesnāt have anything to do with your PMS, as in itās not tied to it. News as a service is tied to the Plex account. The functionality is subject to change (since itās not released yet), but what weāre going for is to have the Plex Home admin be able to control whether Managed Users get access to News. If you have members of your family on entirely separate Plex accounts, and not as Managed Users, then each account will need to have the box unchecked in Plex Web.
@kinoCharlino said:
@stefanvanruiten said:
Thanks for the update. Per account does that mean I have to manually disable it on my families accounts and hope they donāt turn it on again or can I disable it for my entire setup as the master user (and paying user). Wouldnāt it make more sense to disable it on a server level or something? I donāt want anyone in my household to see the news preferably.News doesnāt have anything to do with your PMS, as in itās not tied to it. News as a service is tied to the Plex account. The functionality is subject to change (since itās not released yet), but what weāre going for is to have the Plex Home admin be able to control whether Managed Users get access to News. If you have members of your family on entirely separate Plex accounts, and not as Managed Users, then each account will need to have the box unchecked in Plex Web.
And if Iām not using Plex Home and only use single admin account for the whole family ? Can I still disable it ?
@wally007 said:
And if Iām not using Plex Home and only use single admin account for the whole family ? Can I still disable it ?
Yes, you will be able to. The option will be available for all Plex accounts.
So weāre two months in by this weekend, still no sign of the āoffā switch?! It canāt be that hard to roll out a feature toggle right?
Or is this a waiting period to see if opinions change before releasing this feature?
Busy with fixing other things I guess?
