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Re: Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface

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An advertisement for a company’s products on the login page is one thing - but a full on banner in the interface itself (with apparently no way to disable) is another. Sticking with Mikrotik for now.

Mikrotik user here, I find their software really clunky and buggy.

My dream networking gear for my house is whitebox switches that I can run Debian on, but I can't find any at an economical price. Anyone know of 5-12 port ARM switches?

Re: Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface

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post #18

An advertisement for a company’s products on the login page is one thing - but a full on banner in the interface itself (with apparently no way to disable) is another. Sticking with Mikrotik for now.

Mikrotik user here, I find their software really clunky and buggy. My dream networking gear for my house is whitebox switches that I can run Debian on, but I can't find any at an economical price. Anyone know of 5-12 port ARM switches?

Some Mikrotik hardware can run OpenWRT.

Re: Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

We upgraded to Ubiquiti a few months ago. I was so impressed by the hardware for the price. The dream machine firewall had such a good interface compared to more expensive firewalls I’ve used in the past. I’ve been very pleased so far, but this and another article have me worried they’re going downhill.

Mind sharing the other article?

Sorry! It was this one. I guess it wasn’t the article so much as the comments on it. Former employees were lamenting the management at Ubiquiti, and users in the thread mentioned they noticed some rumblings of a decline in quality. Like I said, I’ve been happy so far, and I’m hoping that lasts.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25735032

Re: Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface

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I’m even more astonished by the dismissive, misspelled, and incorrect support response. * telling the customer they’re wrong... * incorrectly... * and with multiple typos. Yes, very cool.

I'm astonished by the childish and rude language directed at the customer support rep.

Re: Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface

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post #2

I’m even more astonished by the dismissive, misspelled, and incorrect support response. * telling the customer they’re wrong... * incorrectly... * and with multiple typos. Yes, very cool.

I'm astonished by the childish and rude language directed at the customer support rep.

Because I called out their bullshit?
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