At this point there is a pretty solid list of reasons to avoid Brave and use another FOSS privacy focused option.

Personally, everything I’ve read about Brave makes me trust them even less than Microsoft, and Google.

Thats fair. I haven’t really noticed any of those issues. For my use case of just organizing and streaming my desktop’s media library to my TV, its fantastic.

The most infuriating thing about Plex for me was when they shifted to force you to start with their BS streaming service at open. I only used Plex for my personal media collection. So having to jump through a bunch of menus to get to the only thing I want to use in their app was the biggest reason to switch for me. Maybe there is a way to fix that, but I could never find one.

Jellyfin just does your personal media library and opens right up into it when the app starts. Its simpler, faster, and FOSS.

Jellyfin is so much better anyway. I used plex for years and it has steadily enshitified.

Just wait till the “AI” bubble bursts.