[benologist]

... to position themselves with access to everything on your computer and everything you watch and everything in your catalog and details on every device accessing your computer, when their server and client software has no ongoing dependency on them.

[FiloSottile]

Did you read the article?

They vouch for the certificate signing request, they don't proxy the traffic.

This is an insane privacy win against your ISP, not some obscure centralization evil scheme.

[benologist]

    me <-secure-> Plex Inc <-then-> ????

They have secured one segment.

You have nothing within your independently maintained libraries, usage, computer or devices that depends on sending anything to anyone.

They retain remote access to your computer.

Not a privacy win.

[FiloSottile]

Really, read the article.

It's

    you <-secure-> you

[benologist]

I should have been more clear. I was talking about additional connectivity to plex.tv and others.