Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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    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.

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      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?

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        4 hours ago

        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.

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      8 hours ago

      I wouldn’t call it “stupid way of thinking”. That sounds almost offensive, while it’s just a common fallacy that affects most humans.

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        4 hours ago

        It was just a reaction to the “anything else is stupid” statement paired with the fallacy. I wouldn’t use that phrasing otherwise.