He uses the existing version of PMP for macOS or moves over to Plex Desktop for macOS
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But, of course, the Plex Desktop for macOS will be unusable if heās more than two feet from the screenā¦riiiight?
I donāt think so either. I am not positive but I think PHT and OpenPHT still works.
ā¦no argument with your point. I personally donāt have a use case for the new Plex app.
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This does not really surprise me. several years ago plex was working a Linux version of pmp which never happened (see below). They have also been killing anything that does not fit in the main stream of users. ie plex Kodi addon, plugins, cloud, etc, no single announcement has ruined plex for me but the direction that plex is moving sure worries me.
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And yet the blog announcement was so ā¦ promising ā¦ and talks about so many things people are now lamenting losing. Really is sad. The core values have really changed.
https://www.plex.tv/blog/introducing-the-plex-media-player/
āIf youāre still with us, and youāve been around for a while, you know how seriously we take Plex in the living room.ā
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Oh my god, the irony!
Promise the world, deliver a country, then leave it for nature to take it back!
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It was this specific blog and embedded PMP that brought me to Plex in the first place.
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Still no message, no explanation, nothing.
Just a deleted thread that some Plex bod didnāt like!
This is probably not the right thread to keep repeating yourself about that, ok? Itās off topic.
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Iām very disappointed with this decision. I bought a plex pass mainly for the media player. I recently bought a NUC I3 for PMP. Itās the only player which streams some audio formats True HD, Atmos, etc. correctly to my 11.2 receiver. Even kodi wonāt. Iāll gladly take a refund if thatās on the table. I would prefer to continue using PMP. Maybe opensource it.
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Can I still feed it a supplimental mpv.conf? If so, that would probably work for me.
And I remember how basic and feature-barren it was. And we all waited patiently for it to be developed. And waited. And now -poof! Buh bye 
I bought the lifetime pass mainly for HTPC support, and for Live TV/ DVR which has never worked right and keeps getting worse. So the two things I actually bought it for, Iāve been sold a bill of goods on. I wonder if this constitutes a breach of contract, legally speakingā¦?
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Dropping TV mode = Well that sucks.
Dropping keyboard navigation and therefore remotes = Well that REALLY sucks
Dropping support for 10.11 = Well I guess when PMP stops working Iām no longer watching Plex in my bedroom.
This is the closest Iāve ever come to switching to Emby, and when I do Plex will lose at least a dozen users.
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why not drop ā ā ā ā ā ā ā tidal instead of HTPCās? been a Plex user for well over 7 years or so and bought a lifetime pass way back when. theres been some moves ive disagreed with in the past but this by far is the dumbest. thanks for dumping one of the main features but keeping tidal. 
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Iāve just tried OpenPHT and am surprised at how good it is. So far itās successfully Direct Played everything and works with my Media Remote.
āBut how long for?āā¦ I hear myself saying!
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Iāve been setting up Kodi the hole afternoon, trying themes and everything else and I see my future very dark. I just donāt like as much as Plex
Iāve just spent an evening setting up Kodi + PlexKodiConnect + Embuary Skin and so far it surpasses PMP in almost every way (ie: excepting simplicity of set-up).
Iām now thinking to myself, if Iām using the Embuary skin I might as well try Embyā¦
tl;dr: Plex Inc is shifting to a strict SaaS model that will increase revenue by partnering with publishers to server up third-party content to consumers, as the slowly depreciate the ābring your own mediaā model.
For the past few years the Leadership team at Plex Inc has been struggling to re-invent the Plex ecosystem so they have a chance to compete in this new age of streaming. This means that they need new ways to drive revenue and not only self-sustain but grow and compete in a market with companies much bigger than them. It only makes sense that going forward the Plex platform will focus on partnering with publishers to server up third-party content to consumers.
Think about their acquisition of WatchUp which has made Plex a news aggregator. Think about their Tidal partnership, which certainly makes them money via a revenue sharing model. They will undoubtedly announce more partnerships covering additional types of media. As this continues, they will likely distance themselves even further from the DIY Server scene and ābring your own mediaā model.
With more partnerships looming we will see more DRM protecting publisher content and a need for Plex to control their software even more as they gradually move away from the ābring your own mediaā model. As they make themselves into a platform that is more friendly to revenue driving partnerships, we will continue to see the features and functionality that allow us to consume our own content dwindle.
I donāt honestly see how they can grow and compete with the traditional Plex Pass model going forward, let alone self-sustain on the meager amount of existing Plex Pass subscribers. Most of the features they released over the past few years have received little to no enhancements and are half backed at best. Eventually, I foresee, the ability to host your own media slowly dissolve and the final nail in the coffin will be the end of support for DIY installs of the Plex server software, as they adopt a full SaaS model geared around aggregating and serving third-party content from publishers.
If their goal was to provide features and functionality that their core users continually request, then they would be engaging regularly with the community for feedback. If this were the case then existing features would be enhanced, and new ones released more frequently. The reality is that most new features are focused on revenue while existing features that require significant development effort and donāt drive revenue will be scrapped as they shift to a more sustainable business model.
Obviously, I am making some assumptions, but I feel they are based firmly on the facts in front of us. Any company with leaders that understand this cutthroat market will innovate while distancing themselves from non-revenue generating practices. I wonāt argue with the fact that it is in their best interest to make a great platform for users to consume publisher content, not host their personal media.
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