kiol@discuss.online to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPeople who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question)message-squaremessage-square416linkfedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1305arrow-down1message-squarePeople who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question)kiol@discuss.online to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square416linkfedilinkfile-text
Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·8 hours ago I paid for it, I’ll use it. When it is unusable I’ll bail. Anything else is stupid. What you are saying is called sunk cost fallacy. A notoriously common stupid way of thinking. The logical way to think of this is: You already paid for Plex so both are free for you. Since both are free, just pick the better one.
minus-squarevic_rattlehead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours ago notoriously common stupid way of thinking Why are you being rude to somebody you’re trying to convince to put in extra effort to switch services?
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 hours agoYou’re right, but I don’t care if they switch honestly. I used that wording because of the “anything else is stupid” statement, which just irked me when paired with the obvious fallacy.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 hours agoI wouldn’t call it “stupid way of thinking”. That sounds almost offensive, while it’s just a common fallacy that affects most humans.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoIt was just a reaction to the “anything else is stupid” statement paired with the fallacy. I wouldn’t use that phrasing otherwise.
What you are saying is called sunk cost fallacy. A notoriously common stupid way of thinking.
The logical way to think of this is: You already paid for Plex so both are free for you. Since both are free, just pick the better one.
Why are you being rude to somebody you’re trying to convince to put in extra effort to switch services?
You’re right, but I don’t care if they switch honestly. I used that wording because of the “anything else is stupid” statement, which just irked me when paired with the obvious fallacy.
I wouldn’t call it “stupid way of thinking”. That sounds almost offensive, while it’s just a common fallacy that affects most humans.
It was just a reaction to the “anything else is stupid” statement paired with the fallacy. I wouldn’t use that phrasing otherwise.