Your “Plex” library with your suggested movies has started appearing on my homescreen. I have young kids, and these are, frankly, pretty porny (like the one about some college students “sexual awakening”).
I didn’t add this, nor do I want it (or Tidal, or “web shows”, or any of the other sponsored crap you’re throwing on my homepage).
This stuff is completely inappropriate for my kids, and it’s not at all what I’m paying for with my Monthly Plex Pass. I’m going to have to find another solution if this nonsense doesn’t stop.
Feature request: stop this crap. Or at least give us a clear way to opt-out of this BS.
It should be off by default or better yet a separate app or are you suggesting a parent needs to check Plex every 2 minutes in case Plex have enabled more inappropriate content they don’t want their children to see?
Of course we know why it is on by default to peddle as many adverts as possible for Plex to pick up the ad revenue. Plex don’t care who sees the content, just as long as the ads get played. They are abusing their loyal customer base, and this will just lead to Plex being no more as they lose those customers.
Maybe Plex is just desperately trying to keep operating and this is a last ditch attempt at making some money before they are forced to shut up shop, who knows.
Of course it is intentional It isn’t accidental that ad revenue streaming services have suddenly appeared on Plex that show for everyone by default is it.
I’m still here like many other Plex users in the hope that the money I’ve paid to Plex and time invested in it means we have a voice and are listened to and just maybe can shape the product and move it away from becoming just another ad driven streaming service.
Not just me that is unhappy with the direction Plex is taking, and I would hope that everyone here, despite differences of what they may or may not find useful or acceptable as additional services on Plex, or how we agree or disagree with how those services are targeted, all at least want Plex to survive and thrive.
Which I’ve already done, until another service gets added of course then I will do it again.
However back to the original posters point, their children were seeing what they felt was inappropriate content before they themselves had opportunity to see it before their children did and disable it. This content was added without their permission to an application they installed to only serve up their own content.
Surely you must understand why people have cause for concern or complaint?
Some people are just natural complainers. Plex gave you the tools to configure the product to suit your needs. It’s your job as a parent to check things before unleashing it on your kids. Take responsibility and admit you failed at your job of being an over protective parent. Will your kids turn in sex craved perverts because they seen a little skin? Probably not. Will they become serial killers because they saw a little shooting action? Doubtful. I could go on and on. Now let’s return to parenting and not a censorship freak. Teach them why something is “wrong” rather than hiding reality.
Let’s all curb it down a notch (or two).
As SE56 has pointed out… there are means to be aware on updates. Also, there’s ways to stay in control of what’s visible for Managed Users (if users have a restriction profile which is available when adding/editing your kids’ users in your Plex Home).
Nonetheless I can see that you cannot always be on top of all new features added to the service (not the server). In those circumstances you can end up feeling like patching wholes in a bucket.
@kroboz: I understood from one of the developers that there had been an issue with those profiles… so if you have setup your kids’ managed users as part of a Plex Home with a restriction profile (small kid, bigger kid, teen…), this should have been addressed.
When this feature was enabled a few days ago, for me, the default setting was
“Disabled for managed users.” So I think that means that only the
“kingpin/administrator” user would see the content by default. If my
understanding of that is correct, I thank Plex for rolling out the new
feature in this way. OP (Original Poster): are your kids using a
“managed user” account?
first maybe do a bit of actual research. it amazes me the amount of nudity and sex scenes in european shows kids there see vs here in the states and they have under a 10th of the sexual related problems with their kids than we do. blocking the content doesn’t seem to be the correct answer. second i haven’t seen any porn content in plex so far.
There are flaws, but not nearly as bad as what’s on cable or network television. I give them a tiny bit of slack only because they had to transition everyone into the UNO UI, introduced the new vid player, and redid some core recoding for Roku and other device platforms between 2018 and 2019. But all hands and feet better be on deck for fixing bugs in 2020. There really is only so much a user base can take… we do want more granular settings.
Adding to my previous post. Why not just enable the ratings so the kids only see mickey mouse aka g rated content? I assume these also work with the plex content?
I have no need but it’s clearly a solution for original post. Just a matter of people learning how the system works and setting it up properly. Truly amazes me how many are unable to be responsible for their actions and need others to babysit them aka place the blame elsewhere. Aka let’s blame plex for content because I’m to lazy to set up my server properly.
Obviously I’m not worried about my children being turned into murderers or something – this isn’t a moral panic. I’m saying that any sort of content like this should be an opt-in for consenting adults and not something that just shows up on my homescreen right below Frozen and Super Why.
My point is this kind of stuff should be opt-in. As a paying user, they shouldn’t be pushing stuff into MY libraries at all. And I shouldn’t have to turn on “Managed Users” workarounds and stuff when I never intentionally added it anyway.
It’s like if someone were to come in your house and start stocking Maxims on your kids’ bookshelves. Saying “Well they’re gonna see it anyway,” or, “well you should have a different bookshelf” doesn’t change the fact they shouldn’t be pushing unwanted content at me anyway.
Yes, I’ve already disabled web sources (who the hell wants Tidal?). And yes, I know I can do managed users or restrict by rating. But that’s not what I want. I want to continue using the product I started using and not be forced into updates without any choice.
I have a life. I don’t have time to monitor every dev update that gets lots in all the other email spam… but I shouldn’t have to. They’re fundamentally changing how their app works without my consent or opting in, and that’s a crappy, short-sighted business practice. Guess Plex is swirling the drain?
…What’s your point? Low-brow content exists somewhere else, so I should be fine with it in front of my kids? There shouldn’t be any content to block because I never wanted to add it to my homescreen anyway. Plex just pushed it there without my consent. It’s about my right to choose what type of entertainment I want in my home, which is what personal libraries are all about.
It isn’t accidental that ad revenue streaming services have suddenly appeared on Plex that show for everyone by default is it.