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I was confused by the parent comment too. Aside from the remote management features, if you turn off cloud login you still get everything else. Maybe it's somet

I was confused by the parent comment too. Aside from the remote management features, if you turn off cloud login you still get everything else. Maybe it's something specific to the USG Pro? I've only used the smaller USG.

comboy 6y ago
Not USG but UDM-PRO. It was the first device from them that required me to make an ubiquiti account to set it up.
- imposterr 6y ago
  Well this is a disappointing development. I'm currently using EdgeRouter hardware, but was considering moving to their Unifi line for my next upgrade. Guess that's off the table till I can use these without cloud access.
  - floatboth 6y ago
    Other comment seems to imply that only Unifi Protect really requires an account, not any of the networking functionality https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25737660 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25737660
altano 6y ago
I recently invested in UniFi hardware with the UDM Pro and this isn't exactly correct. UniFi Protect (the video security line) requires remote access and Ubiquiti Cloud accounts or it will break in a million weird ways. If you disable cloud login you cannot reasonably use UniFi Protect.
- imposterr 6y ago
  Good catch. Since USG is Unifi Security Gateway, I kinda just mixed it up with Unifi Protect. Still a troubling development IMO.
- _rs 6y ago
  As someone who uses UniFi Protect and refuses to use cloud-login: I disagree somewhat. It works fine, but the mobile apps become non-functional even on the same LAN. I haven't ran into any other problems.
  - gcblkjaidfj 6y ago
    > a major feature within my own infrastructure is completely broken > can't see why disabling cloud login is a problem :)
    - _rs 6y ago
      I was responding to "will break in a million weird ways" which is FUD to my eyes. I do agree it is a big limitation, and I am looking for alternatives as Ubiquiti do not seem to be prioritizing getting their app to work without remote login which is truly unfortunate, since the predecessor, UniFi Video, supported this.
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comboy 6y ago

Not USG but UDM-PRO. It was the first device from them that required me to make an ubiquiti account to set it up.

imposterr 6y ago
Well this is a disappointing development. I'm currently using EdgeRouter hardware, but was considering moving to their Unifi line for my next upgrade. Guess that's off the table till I can use these without cloud access.
- floatboth 6y ago
  Other comment seems to imply that only Unifi Protect really requires an account, not any of the networking functionality https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25737660 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25737660

altano 6y ago

I recently invested in UniFi hardware with the UDM Pro and this isn't exactly correct. UniFi Protect (the video security line) requires remote access and Ubiquiti Cloud accounts or it will break in a million weird ways. If you disable cloud login you cannot reasonably use UniFi Protect.

imposterr 6y ago
Good catch. Since USG is Unifi Security Gateway, I kinda just mixed it up with Unifi Protect. Still a troubling development IMO.
_rs 6y ago
As someone who uses UniFi Protect and refuses to use cloud-login: I disagree somewhat. It works fine, but the mobile apps become non-functional even on the same LAN. I haven't ran into any other problems.
- gcblkjaidfj 6y ago
  > a major feature within my own infrastructure is completely broken > can't see why disabling cloud login is a problem :)
  - _rs 6y ago
    I was responding to "will break in a million weird ways" which is FUD to my eyes. I do agree it is a big limitation, and I am looking for alternatives as Ubiquiti do not seem to be prioritizing getting their app to work without remote login which is truly unfortunate, since the predecessor, UniFi Video, supported this.

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