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Plex problems prevented users from streaming movies and shows
Plex services experienced some major issues on Tuesday, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex's forums and on Reddit. Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today's problems were reportedly affecting their ability to do that. "Basically all Plex is down unless […] Plex services experienced some major issues on Tuesday, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex's forums and on Reddit . Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today's problems were reportedly affecting their ability to do that. "Basically all Plex is down unless you can play locally over LAN and even that takes ages and doesn't always work," said one user . Others reported problems with matching content on their servers. For me, the Plex TV website was loading slowly, though wh
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Plex services experienced some major issues on Tuesday, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex's forums and on Reddit. Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today's problems were reportedly affecting their ability to do that. "Basically all Plex is down unless […] Plex services experienced some major issues on Tuesday, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex's forums and on Reddit . Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today's problems were reportedly affecting their ability to do that. "Basically all Plex is down unless you can play locally over LAN and even that takes ages and doesn't always work," said one user . Others reported problems with matching content on their servers. For me, the Plex TV website was loading slowly, though wh
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According to The Verge’s linked report, Plex problems prevented users from streaming movies and shows, Plex services experienced some major issues on Tuesday, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex’s forums and on Reddit. Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today’s problems were reportedly affecting their ability to do that. “Basically all Plex is down unless […] Plex services experienced some major issues on Tuesday, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex’s forums and on Reddit . Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today’s problems were reportedly affecting their ability to do that. “Basically all Plex is down unless you can play locally over LAN and even that takes ages and doesn’t always work,” said one user . Others reported problems with matching content on their servers. For me, the Plex TV website was loading slowly, though wh
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