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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.
Jellyfin has been great.
Devil's Advocate is free on Plex on demand, which is ad supported. Somehow you played that version and not your local one.
This is absolutely what happened and yet there are plenty of comments in here just going along with it.
still bullshit that this is even a mistake that can be made. and the enshittification will only get worse.
Yeah this is where I come down on this.
I’ve been using plex for years.. how is it possible that I made this mistake?
Not even just an ad, an ad for an online casino. Damn.
Not even the worst of it.
Ladies razor blades.
Incontinence meds
some pretty local political ads too…
2-3 full minutes of unskippable ads every … idk 20m? With no thought into the cut? Rough.
Idk i feel like I must have somehow selected a streaming service of theirs? Is that a thing? The interface has changed a lot over the years, and this is the Plex app on an LG TV
At any rate, it’s absolutely insane amount of ads… and at least half the reason I run a plex server in the first place is to avoid ads.
You played the Plex version and not your local copy, 100%
That's gotta be a bug
I think it could be a bug and I would report it. In the Pass description one of the function is the option to skip ads on local content https://www.plex.tv/plex-pass/#modal-plex-pass-features
That's for live TV
Maybe you are right, but the local content has been always without ads, and the generic description should be related to both, live TV and own files. It would be a non-sense to add ads to stream a local content that you can easily stream with any dlna server etc.
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.
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.
I'm not a subscriber but that would've made me instantly cancel my account and uninstall Plex.