More “Social” feature integration… why?

[mightydh]

@DrPeril

2: Why the hell are there social-media like features being baked more and more into my personal media server?

Taken from when we found out that Plex,inc is lying about opt-out of sharing viewing history with friends. CEO Keith took PE money, Keith has his entire corporate bonus on milestones of turning Plex into a social media company as dictated by Jason Chapnik.

Weekly review emails data leak

“Streaming media software maker Plex announced today it has raised a $50 million growth equity round from existing investor Intercap ahead of its planned business expansion into rentals, purchases and subscription content”. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/plex-raises-50m-growth-round-to-fuel-ad-supported-streaming-expansions/ ““Really good discovery has to have a social component, and we believe it needs to be integrated directly into the streaming experience to be useful,” noted Keith Valory…