Plex stopped being worth it, so I switched to this open-source alternative instead
…So, I've switched away from Plex and gone back to one of the oldest names in the game, Kodi. Related I switched to Emby, and it's way better than Plex…
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I've stopped recommending Plex to newcomers, because Jellyfin is ready for families now
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I built a local voice assistant that doesn't need the internet, and it actually understands me
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