Why I switched to Emby

[Scott-M]

Agreed, a self-hosted application needs to be impervious to cloud outages for something as basic as logging in on the local lan… UniFi is a great example of this (being able to log in through the cloud or locally)

[Feature-Request] Built in local authentication server (prevent plex.tv outage)

I would like to see a local authentication server built into Plex that would perform a couple functions: Mirrors the functionality of plex.tv for authentication purposes. Replicates from Plex.tv only the account data needed for our own PMS server (main account and friends). This service should be locked down so it is not manageable locally, its only source of data should be official replication of applicable accounts from Plex.tv. So, now when a local authentication request is perfo…