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Plex vs FairEmail

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When comparing Plex vs FairEmail, the Slant community recommends FairEmail for most people. In the question“What are the most useful Android phone apps?” FairEmail is ranked 4th while Plex is ranked 21st.

Specs

PlatformsWindows, Linux, Mac, Android

PlatformsAndroid

IMAPYes

Multi-AccountYes

PriceFree

Snooze EmailsYes

Unified InboxYes

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Common Questions

What are the most useful Android phone apps?

Pros

Pro
Supported on many devices

It's pretty hard to find a NAS or STB that doesn't support Plex.

Pro
Accessible via web browser

A modern web browser is enough to get everything Plex has to offer.

Pro
Added lots of media databases

Metadata for media files will automatically be updated by using media databases. This provides posters, movie trailers, descriptions, information about actors, etc.

Pro
Open source

Pro
Multiple account support

Multiple identities per account, notifications per account or contact.

Pro
Lightweight

<6 MB

Pro
Fast and customizable

Privacy features are excellent.

Pro
Identities support

Pro
Two way synchronization

Pro
Flat conversation threading

Pro
Encryption support

Supports standard OpenPGP encryption for total privacy.

Pro
Support for safety and low-bandwidth

Allows to configure maximum size of email downloaded immediately.

Pro
Can show plain text of html mails

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Cons

Con
Needs registration

You need a PLEX account even if you use it on your local LAN.

Con
Proprietary software

Unfree software.

Con
No gapless audio-playback

Plex still does not support gapless playback of audio files such as mp3 or FLAC.

Con
Playback error: This server is not powerful enough to convert video

More hardware requirements on Plex due to a useless/non-intuitive transcoder. When using lower spec hardware (eg SBC) Plex will not transcode or play HD+ videos. When compared to other packages (eg Jellyfin which transcodes nicely using FFMeg), Plex falls short on video playback and transcode settings to get videos to play (fastest/lightest option still fails).