The popular Plex service offers free ad-supported content, but this involves selling data to third-parties. Here's how you can opt out.
Most people use the internet every day to view articles, watch movies, and so much more. But in the background, much of our data is being collected for the purposes of advertising. There’s nothing inherently wrong with ads as they keep businesses alive, but you might still want to check your settings to see what data you are handing over.
One service that’s popular with Neowin readers that does sell and share certain information is Plex. The company says that to provide free movies, shows, and live TV, it needs to display ads during playback and as part of this it sells data including personal information like hashed emails and ad IDs to third-parties for advertising and marketing purposes. Users may see the following message surrounding consent:
https://www.neowin.net/guides/plex-...-heres-how-to-opt-out-of-that/?utm_source=rss
Most people use the internet every day to view articles, watch movies, and so much more. But in the background, much of our data is being collected for the purposes of advertising. There’s nothing inherently wrong with ads as they keep businesses alive, but you might still want to check your settings to see what data you are handing over.
One service that’s popular with Neowin readers that does sell and share certain information is Plex. The company says that to provide free movies, shows, and live TV, it needs to display ads during playback and as part of this it sells data including personal information like hashed emails and ad IDs to third-parties for advertising and marketing purposes. Users may see the following message surrounding consent:
https://www.neowin.net/guides/plex-...-heres-how-to-opt-out-of-that/?utm_source=rss