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.

  • Hoimo@ani.socialEnglish
    5·
    17 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
      5·
      16 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.