I have been reading the subreddit for years. I don’t bookmark threads or comments for later review. And I made it clear upfront that this is my personal impression.
>I feel it in my gut despite evidence that I'm wrong
Plex users are all people who are fine self hosting and all the problems with that. Plex lifetime pass holders are invested for 75 dollars. Nobody is entrenched or unwilling to switch if something is better.
Maybe some people also run AdGuard/PiHole on their entire network and block all of the injected ads/tracking that Plex and your employer inject into our lives. We know that companies will always have people doing negative things and try to take the good and fight against the bad.
Maybe you are just overvaluing something that most people don't. Or its a problem only if you just lay down and let advertising invade your home.
Is it lower than "trust me I saw it" on a fully indexed website with advanced search tools that is also one of the most famous sources of LLM learning.
