Lifetime Pass Member… just put on The Devils Advocate (1997) and got a full 30s ad.

… just paused it to verify it was actually in my library… -and got another 2 ads… what the actual fuck? Just me?

EDIT: Looking back at the app, seems I was somehow in Plex Streaming, but how it was put up above my own content I can’t understand, and the movie page does not make it obvious that’s what I’m looking at.

  • tron@midwest.socialEnglish
    38·
    3 days ago

    Devil’s Advocate is free on Plex on demand, which is ad supported. Somehow you played that version and not your local one.

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      3 days ago

      This is absolutely what happened and yet there are plenty of comments in here just going along with it.

      • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        still bullshit that this is even a mistake that can be made. and the enshittification will only get worse.

        • jve@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Yeah this is where I come down on this.

          I’ve been using plex for years… how is it possible that I made this mistake?

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      3 days ago

      This has not been a thing ever in plex’s history. If they actually tried pulling this they’d lose 90% of their user base within a few months.

      Jellyfin isn’t just an alternative anymore. It’s an en par replacement, in most ways, and generally supersedes it.

    • jve@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      52·
      3 days ago

      Not even the worst of it.

      Ladies razor blades.

      Incontinence meds

      some pretty local political ads too…

      2-3 full minutes of unskippable ads every … idk 20m? With no thought into the cut? Rough.

      Idk i feel like I must have somehow selected a streaming service of theirs? Is that a thing? The interface has changed a lot over the years, and this is the Plex app on an LG TV

      At any rate, it’s absolutely insane amount of ads… and at least half the reason I run a plex server in the first place is to avoid ads.

  • Hoimo@ani.socialEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    Wait, in what situations does Plex show ads? I thought Pass only unlocked some features like watching in the Plex app on your phone (which I never use). I have Plex running on a NAS on my local network and only access it from that same network (Chromecast, the web interface on that same NAS, DLNA) and I’ve never seen any advertising.

    When I give my sister external access through Plex Web, is it possible for her to get advertising even with Plex Pass? Should I help her set up a VPN into my network? I think I’d feel safer if we had the exact same experience, so hers won’t deteriorate without me noticing.

    • Hoimo@ani.socialEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Reading the other comments, it seems OP selected the wrong source and got ads that way. I tried to reproduce the situation by selecting a movie that was only available from Plex’s streaming service and it said “The Films & TV source is currently disabled and will be re-enabled if you decide to continue.” In my Plex account settings, under Online Media Sources, I disabled those sources.

      https://support.plex.tv/articles/discover/

      I’m trying to figure out how I disabled “More Ways to Watch” on my account or server, I actually kinda liked the ability to find stuff even if it isn’t on my server yet.

      Edit: Didn’t disable it, just needed to update my server. Now I think I should disable it anyway, because it’s gumming up my search results honestly.

    • urdaEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

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  • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    I’m not a subscriber but that would’ve made me instantly cancel my account and uninstall Plex.