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Data hoarding covers large-scale personal data archival and storage — bulk drives, RAID/ZFS arrays, and long-term media preservation; frequently overlaps TrueNAS, Unraid, and Plex.
… Additionally, developers must be clear about what kind of user data their extensions are collecting, even if that data is directly related to the core purpose of the extension. …
… Google Chrome is downloading a lot of data to your device, allegedly “without your consent” If you navigate to your hard drive’s Chrome User Data folder likely present under “ C:\Users\ \AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data “ , you may discover a massive folder called OptGuideOnDeviceModel contain… …
… More importantly, there’s no telling if Plex will sell this data to the highest bidder. …
… If leadership decides that maintaining local database compatibility, metadata agents, and custom transcoders is unprofitable compared to its ad-supported marketplace, it could easily deprecate local server features entirely. …