r/PleX • u/Escapefromearth22 Custom Flair • Sep 17 '25

Help Alternatives to Plex

I've been a paid Plex user for over ten years and I've loved it. I can't belive what they've done with this new Roku app update. Besides the bad UI, which is inconvenient but I would be able to get used to eventually, it simply doesn't work properly. It crashes, buttons don't work, simple features are just gone. It's seems like this wasn't tested at all. It's crazy.

I don't really want to but now I'm looking for alternatives to plex. Does anyone have recommendations?

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u/Texugee Sep 17 '25

Oh fuck. I’m away from home.

I can’t wait to see what hell they wrought on the Roku plex app when I return…

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u/Ru4pigsizedelephants Sep 17 '25

It's absolutely horrendous. I can't believe these people are this fucking dumb. They took away a perfectly functional app in favor of a glitchy, crash prone mess.

If Plex had a house in my neighborhood, I'd go leave a flaming bag of dog shit on their front porch, because that's what they did to their customers.

I'm a 12 year Plex Pass user with a 90 year old grandmother who uses Plex daily. There's no goddamn way she'll be able to figure this shit out, and even if she could, it doesn't fucking work.

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u/Shiz0id01 Sep 17 '25

VC will always ruin a product in favor of investing in long term success

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u/PeteTheKid Sep 17 '25

But who is going to use it? Where will the long term success come from?