According to the latest blog post, PLEX is going to remove visual plugins very soon from the eco system. Along with several other features they are removing this is one of the worst decisions they have made. So, Plex, why are you removing one of the last possibilities to customize and extend PLEX …

Similarly to something I posted here or elsewhere, plex should have developed and released a stable, public API 2.0, before announcing the imminent removal of legacy plugins support from client/server, and this would all be academic.

I’m not sure what you think was being ignored, except for the lack of documentation. That didn’t stop the plugins you liked from being created. Documentation may have helped create more plugins, but I don’t know if the quantity of available plugins would have significantly increased their usage. …

plugins done right (at least for the most part) = @ chrome://extensions/ and [image] Chrome Web Store Small programs that add new features to your browser and personalize your browsing experience. and https://chrome.google.com/webstore/developer/dashboard?hl…

[image] anon18523487: what you think was being ignored I’ve just spent 10 minutes searching for the one post I know, posted by a plugin ninja/dev, that had several nicely laid out. The post asked for others, and I myself posted. To my knowledge, they weren’t addressed. I also know, not a bu…

[image] JamminR: I’m so tired of seeing this point - I’ll simply state this again - the whole Plex eco-system could be considered a very grey background Jolly Roger flag. Yes, but the plugin threads that were removed were clearly in the black, no grey what-so-ever.

The problem with that is, that 3.Party plugin’s relies on the framework, and Plex would still have to maintain that, in order to keep up with like security issues. Also, the framework is based on Python 2.7, that has an End of Life

[image] anon18523487: That’s exactly what is happening. well, but it’s not, cause you guys have said that plug-in support is going to be removed from the clients, right? isn’t it already gone from the beta roku client?

[image] dane22: The problem with that is, that 3.Party plugin’s relies on the framework, and Plex would still have to maintain that, in order to keep up with like security issues. Also, the framework is based on Python 2.7, that has an End of Life That’s fair, though it’s not as if python 2…

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bdelbanco October 26, 2018, 11:13pm 201

But seriously, what would be the harm in eliminating the plug-in directory, leaving manually installed plug-ins alone as is until such a time as a plug-ins api 2.0 is developed? Would there be any support at all that the plex team would have to engage in? If there are developers who are happy to support their own work, why not let them?

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