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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by throwaway81523 on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @05:49PM (#29398457)
Why does plex have subscriptions at all? I understand (at least theoretically) that not all software is free, but charging for it the normal way (you pay money and buy a copy that you then use without it phoning home) works perfectly well too. Anyway I had had the impression that Plex also sends at least the metadata of your video library to its home server.

I didn't realize Kodi was XBMC or that you could build it yourself. Thanks for that info.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by babypuncher on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @12:02PM (#29406076)
Plex pulls the metadata for your library from public sources like thetvdb.com.

The server and clients use plex.com to authenticate users.

There are alternatives like Jelly Fin that should better alleviate your concerns.

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