Bummer, I was considering switching to a full Ubiquiti setup in the future. Are there any other worthwhile competitors?
I was also looking into this pretty recently.
Good info here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2g7Txgzgw
Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface
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#12I'm willing to pay for major updates that include new features, even on a per-device basis. I'm not willing to pay for things I already bought that don't work correctly (bug fixes). This ad-supported model isn't needed or wanted.
Agreed. It's not like their hardware is cheap or subsidized either, like the Cloud Key, which is a tiny device that acts as a proxy and has some cache storage for firmware updates that costs upwards of $100 here.
Also runs mongodb
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#13Bummer, I was considering switching to a full Ubiquiti setup in the future. Are there any other worthwhile competitors?
I was also looking into this pretty recently. Good info here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2g7Txgzgw
Reading the Glassdoor reviews of Engenius makes it sound like a clone of Ubiquiti minus Ubiquiti's weird dislike of automated testing. Still, I hope that there is a decent alternative to UI
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#14First they track you, then they pander to you, then they sell you out completely.
Guess we just got to step 2.
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#15One of the reasons I have used Ubiquiti over the last few years is their product quality over other networking hardware. The inclusion of ads leads me to revisit those assumptions before my next purchase. Ads, even if self-promotion, are a bellwether for a company being desperate or greedy, neither of which bodes well for their long-term product quality, usually because it indicates sales people are making the decisi…
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.
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#16One of the reasons I have used Ubiquiti over the last few years is their product quality over other networking hardware. The inclusion of ads leads me to revisit those assumptions before my next purchase. Ads, even if self-promotion, are a bellwether for a company being desperate or greedy, neither of which bodes well for their long-term product quality, usually because it indicates sales people are making the decisi…
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?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was also looking into this pretty recently. Good info here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2g7Txgzgw
Reading the Glassdoor reviews of Engenius makes it sound like a clone of Ubiquiti minus Ubiquiti's weird dislike of automated testing. Still, I hope that there is a decent alternative to UI
Seems okay. Though, the controller is Windows only?
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#18An 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.
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#19Bummer, I was considering switching to a full Ubiquiti setup in the future. Are there any other worthwhile competitors?
I was also looking into this pretty recently. Good info here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2g7Txgzgw
I tried EnGenius a few years ago and had no end of problems with them. Switched to Ubiquiti and they've been rock solid ever since. I really, really hope Ubiquiti isn't going down hill.
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#20Time to go research replacements for my network equipment. Ew, why would they do that?