I’m just curious if Plex is, for those who will comment, an addition to or replacement for the major streaming services.
Given the large libraries of some, I assume replacement. For me though, I see Plex more as a place to keep content that isn’t offered on Hulu or Netflix - like the Simpsons. I also like it to store personal media like photos. I use Hulu a fair amount.
Thus my library is less than 10 TB. Am I the only one?
For me Hulu or any ad-based service is out of the question. I do not watch advertising - period - and I certainly don’t pay to watch advertising. That is sheer madness.
I maintain the fastest internet connection available to me - currently 60/6.
I record (or acquire) TV Shows and where applicable MCEBuddy and Comskip automatically removes advertising, then converts the media to a direct playable form and places it automatically into the Plexiverse.
I subscribe to Netflix periodically, but each time I subscribe for a while I question it’s value to me - and haven’t subscribed for well over a year. I still get 3 DVDs and BluRays out at a time from NF and these somehow make their way into the Plexiverse (it’s strange how that happens all by itself… by accident… I can’t explain it).
I use Amazon Prime often, but not nearly as often as Plex. I maintain Prime for the shipping - the Videos are just a happy coincidence.
I have never been a cable/sat subscriber and have no plans to ever join the ranks. There has never been anything I wanted to watch badly enough that couldn’t find it’s way into the Plex ecosystem. If I want to see it any small amount of labor involved is just the cost of doing bidniss.
Plex and the few streaming services I maintain provide all I need to watch now and will likely continue to provide for my needs in the future.
