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Plex's 'Discover Together' Feature and Frustration with Changes
This chapter discusses Plex's new 'Discover Together' feature that aims to make the media hosting service more social. The speakers highlight the controversy surrounding Plex's alteration of their 'week in review' feature, which now sends users a summary of their friends' weekly activity and viewing history. They express frustration with the changes in Plex and speculate about the company's ownership.
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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change:
0:00 Chapters
1:23 Intro ft. Lots of merch messages due to Black Friday
2:15 Topic #1 - dBrand & JRE's Zack sue Casetify over skins
4:25 Casetify's similar series, internal scan shortcut, lower quality, LTT reference
12:33 dBrand cares about the tech space, legal action, x-ray case, iFixit's tweet
16:53 Casetify's HQ, funny FP comment on "identical," Linus on cost of x-ray
20:25 Casetify's collabs, Luke finds a duped image, Linus wanted to sit on this
23:02 Linus discusses Zack's video with Luke
26:34 LTTStore's Black Friday deals
31:30 LTT is now 15 years old! Sarah's hoodie & shirt design, callbacks
34:22 Tom Arnold remade the logo from NCIX era, other callbacks
37:05 Merch Messages #1
1:05:28 Topic #2 - Sony files a patent around "quicksaving"
1:12:36 Topic #3 - Folding@Home's great month
1:16:55 Topic #4 - Ubisoft implements pop-in ads in old games
1:20:56 Sponsors
1:26:44 Merch Messages #2
1:26:50 Should I not buy TVs during Black Friday?
1:29:03 Handling the soulless aspects pushing an add-on purchase ft. NCIX, Best Buy
1:40:59 Do you think season-based games will outperform traditional games?
1:51:03 Topic #5 - Sam Altman returns after 95% of OpenAI threaten the board to resign
1:55:10 Topic #6 - PLEX's Discover Together feature sends summaries of friend's activity
1:59:08 Luke looks at Plex's CEO LinkedIn, Linus's perfect world scenario
2:06:25 Luke mentions opt-in & Linus's deal, Linus on Luke's movies, Hackers, actors
2:25:22 Discussing The Cable Guy, The Boondock Saints, The Starship Troopers
2:27:26 Linus couldn't watch The Room, Disaster Artist was based on a true story
2:30:12 Linus hasn't watched many bad movies ft. Ghost Dan Cam
2:30:55 Dan mentions My Neighbor Totoro, compares to Spirited Away
2:36:26 Topic #7 - Google Chrome's Manifest V3
2:39:36 Topic #8 - Nothing reversed course and removed the Blue Bubble & Sunbird
2:40:42 Topic #9 - EU enforces rules for parts, repairs, removal of software blocks
2:43:12 Dan shows off funny case stickers, unable to respond to merch messages
2:46:52 Linus tells Luke about profits from Black Friday, more sales soon
2:50:05 Merch Messages #3
2:50:35 Has LTTStore tried to work with stocking Vessi?
2:51:16 Where do you draw the legal line on what topic to cover?
2:54:38 Which would Linus spend $2M on: Nevera, LTTStore B&M, OLED Ally or new merch ideas?
2:56:13 Would you get into non-tech experiences? Changes in LMG with new CEO? Old game quirks you miss?
2:57:34 When was the last time you broke something and thought you'd never recover?
3:00:26 Luke's trip to Japan ft. Pokemon, drifting, foods, merch messages
3:05:52 What scams you can catch but others fall for?
3:07:38 If Casetify sponsored you to wrap the Taycan, would you still stick to Warzone?
3:09:36 Hairbrain tech? ft. Editor's den, Linus's case idea, Luke's inverter
3:16:22 Best deal you've ever gotten? Film adaptation of FFVI?
3:24:48 Have you listened to the Black Mages yet? LTT x dBrand series collab?
3:26:55 If you direct Creator Warehouse's budget towards making one product, what would it be?
3:27:54 Scariest software vulnerability you had to deal with? ft. Musical LMG, Steam Deck
3:35:17 Has insider knowledge ever changed the way you use a service? ft. Note's Stylus
3:38:28 What LTTStore items were the catalyst that blew the store up?
3:39:30 A game you played with a big flaw that doesn't let you say it's perfect?
3:41:46 What music does Linus listen to, and did Beat Saber change his taste?
3:49:31 Outro ft. Outro fails trying to load 400 messages
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