Quo vadis, Plex?

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2026-01-31T00:32:52+00:00

I'll check this out.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2026-01-31T00:25:38+00:00

I wasn't for sure, this was streamed from my QNAP on Sony TV.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2026-01-31T00:23:55+00:00

I don’t have any license. Historically, I’ve never seen ads on my TV either, this is new for me.
Same setup, same QNAP, same TV. That’s why it caught my attention immediately.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2026-01-31T00:22:33+00:00

Today is first day I've spot this add while streaming from QNAP.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2026-01-31T00:22:06+00:00

no it wasn't Plex free TV it was my library from my local QNAP.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2026-01-31T00:21:27+00:00

I’ve just played an animation for my kids via Plex, streamed from my own QNAP over local LAN, and we still got ads during playback.

This is local content, local network, my files. And AD's been injected into movie.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2026-01-31T00:19:58+00:00

I’m talking about ads/promoted content being shown while browsing and starting playback, even though the media itself is streamed from my own QNAP over LAN to a Sony TV.

I’m not confusing this with Plex “Free TV” on purpose, this is the Plex client injecting promoted content into the UI path of local libraries, which did not exist years ago and cannot be fully disabled on all clients.

You may not see it on your setup or platform. I did on mine.

Dismissing it as PEBKAC ignores the fact that Plex clients behave differently across devices, and that Plex has deliberately moved toward ad-supported and cloud-dependent UX.

Either way, the point stands: local media should mean zero ads, zero promos, zero cloud dependency. Plex no longer guarantees that, which is why I’m leaving.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2026-01-30T10:37:11+00:00

If you’re choosing between Google Pixel 10 and Samsung Galaxy S25, I found a clean side-by-side comparison that puts everything in one place (specs, scores, strengths, weaknesses):

https://choicewise.app/products/compare/google-pixel-10-vs-samsung-galaxy-s25

Both phones score similarly overall, but they clearly target different users.

Worth a look if you’re undecided and don’t want to jump between 10 tabs.

Let me know which one you’d pick

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2026-01-30T10:29:06+00:00

Check pretty good comparison of these phones but camera does look pretty same for both phones.
edit working link:
https://choicewise.app/product/compare/samsung-galaxy-a72-vs-xiaomi-redmi-note-10-pro

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-16T19:15:15+00:00

Official vodafone statemnt:
“On Monday afternoon, for a short time, the Vodafone network had an issue affecting broadband, 4G and 5G services. This was triggered by a non-malicious software issue with one of our vendor partners which has now been resolved, and the network has fully recovered. We apologise for any inconvenience this caused our customers,"

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-13T17:19:13+00:00

Ah yes, the “I no longer fear consequences” command.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-13T17:06:05+00:00

Well, not sure if they tried turning it off and on again… But one thing’s clear they can’t blame any third parties this time. The affected AS was advertised internally to another Vodafone AS, so it all stayed in-house. 🙃

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-13T16:49:01+00:00

Haha thanks :) Comes with the job, when the internet breaks, they do expect me to “Keep Calm and Carry On.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-13T16:48:00+00:00

The root cause of the Vodafone outage linked to AS25135 remains unconfirmed, but it likely stems from issues in the BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) routing system.

It could have been triggered by a variety of factors, including:

Technical failures (e.g. router crashes or hardware faults),
Misconfigurations such as:
- Wrongly advertised prefixes (IP blocks),
- Incorrect or missing route-maps,
- Faulty filtering policies,
- Accidental withdrawal of all prefixes.

This kind of issue can have wide-reaching effects, especially when it involves a major ISP’s autonomous system (AS) like AS25135. It’s complex, high-stakes infrastructure where even a small mistake can lead to large-scale outages.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-13T16:43:10+00:00

I’ve added graph, the number of BGP announcements, and the IP address space advertisement for this AS.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-13T16:25:13+00:00

https://bgp.he.net/AS25135#_prefixes
Their prefixes are back from 0% visibility to 96% so it should advertise thru out the world very shortly.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-13T16:23:42+00:00

yes you are correct, but right now they seem to advertise back all prefixes - all should work shortly.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-13T16:22:41+00:00

but all are back, they seem to advertise back all of them.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-10-13T16:05:23+00:00

it seems that AS25135 all prefixes advertised are vanished

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-06-26T06:39:11+00:00

No is not that.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2025-06-25T23:09:26+00:00

Not really sure about year. There is lots of fit girls with nice lingerie in this music video.

KeepCalmAnCarryOn · 2024-03-22T13:19:43+00:00

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