Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
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Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
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Re: Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
#2> You can login and access all features through the local browser UI 3 times without registering the switch through your netgear.com account.
How generous, for a device that people buy (not rent) from them, and pay actual money for (not receive for free).
And apparently Netgear didn't even feel the need to bother including any contrived excuse as to why this is being introduced. What a time to be alive.
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#3> You can login and access all features through the local browser UI 3 times without registering the switch through your netgear.com account. How generous, for a device that people buy (not rent) from them, and pay actual money for (not receive for free). And apparently Netgear didn't even feel the need to bother including any contrived excuse as to why this is being introduced. What a time to be alive.
The money is in managed services.
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#4Landfills will welcome the load of Netgear hardware that cannot be sold as used anymore, although perfectly working, because of this nonsense.
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#5Landfills will welcome the load of Netgear hardware that cannot be sold as used anymore, although perfectly working, because of this nonsense.
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#6> You can login and access all features through the local browser UI 3 times without registering the switch through your netgear.com account. How generous, for a device that people buy (not rent) from them, and pay actual money for (not receive for free). And apparently Netgear didn't even feel the need to bother including any contrived excuse as to why this is being introduced. What a time to be alive.
All low end proprietary network gear is going managed by cloud. Ubiquiti on the soho side and now consumer.
Open source is the only equipment you can trust to not adopt this model as it’s much more profitable than shipping a box once every five years.
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#7Soon you will not be able to use a switch on a private network not connected to the internet thanks to these assholes...
No more Netgear device for me!
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#8thanks for the heads up. I guess it's tp-link for cheap wifi routers then
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#9Reminds me of years ago, when Microsoft started forcing players to be online when playing on xbox...which was minutes before I decided I would never need an xbox :)
Re: Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
#10> You can login and access all features through the local browser UI 3 times without registering the switch through your netgear.com account. How generous, for a device that people buy (not rent) from them, and pay actual money for (not receive for free). And apparently Netgear didn't even feel the need to bother including any contrived excuse as to why this is being introduced. What a time to be alive.
All low end proprietary network gear is going managed by cloud. Ubiquiti on the soho side and now consumer. Open source is the only equipment you can trust to not adopt this model as it’s much more profitable than shipping a box once every five years.
It's optional with Ubiquiti.