That link doesn’t seem to work for me 
ok, so what did i miss?
i use the plex media player for windows, i.e. the plex media player that installs in c:\program files\plex\plex media player\ - from there i use desktop mode only (not tv layout mode) - i have the new plex experience enabled and the player version 3.104.2.
so this is going away, is this being killed? if not, then what’s being killed?
Uploading to google drive, 2 minutes, and lets see if i get a copyright strike when i do so lol!
Yes.
If you don’t use the keyboard for all your navigation, then the new Plex for Windows app will work just fine for you.
You will be fine, if you are only using the desktop layout the Plex for Windows app wont affect you as it will seem the same as the PMP you are using, the loss of the 10ft interface is what is cheesing people off
3rd times the charm!
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Got it, thanks!
Wait… a keyboard is worthless for the new client? That’s super annoying.
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still not sure i’m following - again, i’m using the plex media player for windows (version 3.104.2), desktop layout, not tv layout - i have the “new plex experience” enabled.
my mouse (and keyboard to some extent) works perfectly fine with this app/layout - is this app/layout going to be killed, is the plan to replace it with something else?
Yes and yes.
After 2020 Plex Media Player will no longer be directly supported (though I imagine it will continue to work for some time after that).
The new Plex for Windows app is the new desktop app. It has the new UNO interface that you’re currently using and the same backend mpv player for direct play of just about everything. Most of the keyboard navigation isn’t implemented and so far from what Plex employees have posted, there are not plans to do so.
Well of course you could also talk about what % of people who disagree with something make the effort to actually complain if you want to get down to it. (Hint it’s not a high percentage).
The reasoning you mention completely avoids the question, it is not even in the same category. Just because there are higher performing cars, or more economical cars (ie. lada, Prius) doesn’t mean everybody wants them. In fact history shows most people wanted almost everything else.
So the user metrics say most people don’t use TV mode on a desktop app? That’s something I’m super surprised about, and if true I eat my words. Though ‘most’ is not normally an indicator to make a drastic change, catering to ‘most’ is not normally a good business decision either, quite the opposite actually.
In my many years of being with Plex and seeing the many changes that have come about, I don’t recall EVER seeing so many comments disagreeing with a change. Perhaps your stats can tell us otherwise, but I really doubt it.
Well, as I said earlier, statistics show very few people with disagreements actually complain. So times this by a larger number may be more accurate and this is only early days. I’ve not personally seen so many complaints about a plex change before, so that’s certainly an indicator. We all know Plex is a great product, but really, how about a survey?
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Wow.
A year ago I almost would’ve expected this: Plex Media Player had been pretty 3rd rate for a long time. I’d jumped ship to OpenPHT after Plex Home Theater was abandoned, and was happy with that until it went an eternity without updates and started losing compatibility with Plex Server and the latest operating system updates…
But then PMP UNO came along to save the day: I’m a full UNO on macOS convert (using a Mac Mini to display on a 50 inch plasma, 7.1 surround). Love it. It’s missing some of the great bells and whistles of openPHT, but has lots of new bells and whistles of its own, and re-incorporates all the core stuff (and better layout) that the previous PMP lacked. And updates have been fairly frequent; and the whole thing seemed to align with Plex’s proposal that they’d be able to better maintain cross-platform dev by having a unified interface across devices…
So I’m particularly surprised by Plex’s move to drop the HTPC market just as they’d perfected PMP UNO. You’d think after all the hard work they put into it, they’d want to keep it alive more than just for the next six months, give it a chance to lure back the ol’ PHT/openPHT crowd and those that had jumped to Emby, Kodi, etc., over the last few years of pre-UNO PMP stagnation.
I realize the HTPC crowd is tiny compared to the Roku/etc population, but it’s also still arguably a key influencer segment, certainly the power-user segment, and the traditional cornerstone of Plex’s audience; plus, when you’ve already got the mousetrap built, why shoot it in the head?
Bleh. I’ve tried a lot of the Plex alternatives and the Kodi/Plex integration options… I can see the appeal, but they’re all too fiddly for my tastes at this point…
Well, if a 6th generation Apple TV gets released this fall like some are predicting, maybe I’ll grab one and give Plex a spin on it. Gotta figure out something before 2020, as I’ve already been through what happens when Plex abandons a flagship product before (before switching to openPHT, I tried sticking with PHT for a little bit, but it started falling apart fast once Plex announced PMP.)
R.I.P. PMP UNO OSX. You were the best. You died too young.
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Is this to mean that we will be safe until Jan 2020 or through the end of 2020? Also, what if we keep an old version of Plex Server installed? Will things continue to work indefinately or will plex.tv intentionally break the old server / old client combo?
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Those stats are exactly what Elan (he’s “Plex”, I am not) posted. So I don’t know what other Plex stats there are to tell you anything different?
You missed out on the Roku incident that led to the pivot to UNO. That was memorable.
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This is the thing I don’t think Plex is realizing at all… You can’t reliably use Hulu, Netflix, etc on HTPC platforms – at least not as easily as Plex. They kind of have a market cornered by having something unique and that thing that is unique is what they are so desperate to kill.
Anyone remember RadioShack and Toys’R’Us? These stores were virtually the only stores that sold the products that they carried (to the extent that they carried it). Each decided that they wanted to go after other markets and they completely destroyed themselves. You have to be really bad at things to fail when you have a market cornered without any competition but Plex seems to see the same green pastures that both RadioShack and Toys’R’Us saw…
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Times change, trends change, Companies change. It’s a fact of life.
People often complain about Plex and their software and bugs within it. If you step back and look at the unifying they are doing to the players and the platforms it makes a hell of a lot of sense, and makes for a better software experience.
HTPC’s are a thing of the past with all the players available now. I used to use one, but see the benefit of a specific player and the software road Plex is on.
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Products getting killed off, new products getting announced, flummoxed old-school users, and the legendary @darcilicious in the mix… I’m starting to have flashbacks to my days on the Boxee Box forums… Hopefully Plex doesn’t go Boxee’s route 
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Not to get too off topic, but Toys’R’Us was effectively demolished by a venture capitalist buyout that essentially stripped the company for their own profit. The store would probably still be chugging along otherwise, perhaps actually having the ability to change with the times.
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