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UniFi people are like the vegans of tech

by yapyap 1y ago

mmastrac 1y ago
The joke for those who missed it: "How do you know somebody loves Unifi?" "Don't worry they'll tell you" Disclaimer: I do like unifi.
nodesocket 1y ago
It is really good though. Network has come a long way, and really is powerful, intuitive, and can support most advanced use cases. Protect is awesome, no cloud storage tomfoolery. AI features like license plate and facial recognition, and partner it with access and you can do some awesome integrations such as automatically open up your front gate, door, etc based on your car or face.
- aspenmayer 1y ago
  Have they had a third party audit since a disgruntled employee did whatever they did? They had an insider threat situation a couple years back I think. I didn’t follow the story closely at the time, but I’ve supported end users and installs for Ubiquiti/Unifi stuff, and since that happened, I haven’t really been sure how much I should trust them.
  - aspenmayer 1y ago
    More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquiti#2021_alleged_data_breach_and_lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquiti#2021_alleged_data_bre...
gerdesj 1y ago
Sorry? I run an IT company and a lot of my customers have Unifi APs (we sold them). Our in house controller has a lot of sites on it and it must be a good 10 years old now. Its certainly gone through at least three Ubuntu LTSs. I eat vegans for lunch.
protocolture 1y ago
No this is false. Vegans have a point. UniFi enthusiasts are damaged without any underlying technical or moral reasoning. UBNT has this weird market slice where their kit falls into being either dogshit with long term support or almost great with terrible support. Seeing the same people complaining that they have to move to a new portal every few years, deploying customer facing Unifi OLTs gives me this incredible belly laugh.
- jwr 1y ago
  Show me an alternative, then. Requirements are: * flawless wi-fi * tiny managed PoE switches * networking UI that lets you document things (name ports and devices, etc) * security cameras * storage/playback for security video * quick setup * zero fiddling required All this needs to be integrated and must not require fussing around too much, I currently have three networks/setups and my life is too short for manually messing around with infrastructure. I guess you would classify me as a "damaged unifi enthusiast", while I'm just practical: this stuff works for me (has worked for the last several years). I'm open to other solutions, but they need to be more than just "possible" and have more advantages than "not being unifi".
- Mashimo 1y ago
  As someone who might move into a house soon and wants wifi + a few cameras with on prem AI, what are the alternatives? Needs to be easy to setup. Why are UniFi enthusiasts without moral reasoning?
  - jamesvl 1y ago
    Have you taken a look at https://www.cctvcamerapros.com/ https://www.cctvcamerapros.com/ ? It will cost a little more than the cheap ones on Amazon, but you get fully locally-hosted setup and their camera controller is running linux. You can swap in your own hard-drive for storing recordings. No subscriptions, and setup is pretty easy. Their technical support is top-notch - it's a small company and their engineers know the equipment well. No relationship, but I a customer.
  - 9x39 1y ago
tucnak 1y ago
The only bit of Ubiquiti gear I can tolerate is the many years out-of-date EdgeRouter 8 Pro, and only because OpenWrt supports it, and it runs dual-core octeon (2 GB DDR3 which is huge for a router) with decent hardware flow offloading.
- ectospheno 1y ago
  This surprised a few people, but the latest official edgerouter pro firmware is 3.0.0 released July 28, 2025.

UniFi people are like the vegans of tech

by yapyap 1y ago

UniFi people are like the vegans of tech

The joke for those who missed it: "How do you know somebody loves Unifi?" "Don't worry they'll tell you" Disclaimer: I do like unifi.

nodesocket 1y ago

It is really good though. Network has come a long way, and really is powerful, intuitive, and can support most advanced use cases. Protect is awesome, no cloud storage tomfoolery. AI features like license plate and facial recognition, and partner it with access and you can do some awesome integrations such as automatically open up your front gate, door, etc based on your car or face.

aspenmayer 1y ago
Have they had a third party audit since a disgruntled employee did whatever they did? They had an insider threat situation a couple years back I think. I didn’t follow the story closely at the time, but I’ve supported end users and installs for Ubiquiti/Unifi stuff, and since that happened, I haven’t really been sure how much I should trust them.
- aspenmayer 1y ago
  More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquiti#2021_alleged_data_breach_and_lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquiti#2021_alleged_data_bre...

gerdesj 1y ago

Sorry? I run an IT company and a lot of my customers have Unifi APs (we sold them). Our in house controller has a lot of sites on it and it must be a good 10 years old now. Its certainly gone through at least three Ubuntu LTSs. I eat vegans for lunch.

protocolture 1y ago

No this is false. Vegans have a point. UniFi enthusiasts are damaged without any underlying technical or moral reasoning. UBNT has this weird market slice where their kit falls into being either dogshit with long term support or almost great with terrible support. Seeing the same people complaining that they have to move to a new portal every few years, deploying customer facing Unifi OLTs gives me this incredible belly laugh.

jwr 1y ago
Show me an alternative, then. Requirements are: * flawless wi-fi * tiny managed PoE switches * networking UI that lets you document things (name ports and devices, etc) * security cameras * storage/playback for security video * quick setup * zero fiddling required All this needs to be integrated and must not require fussing around too much, I currently have three networks/setups and my life is too short for manually messing around with infrastructure. I guess you would classify me as a "damaged unifi enthusiast", while I'm just practical: this stuff works for me (has worked for the last several years). I'm open to other solutions, but they need to be more than just "possible" and have more advantages than "not being unifi".
Mashimo 1y ago
As someone who might move into a house soon and wants wifi + a few cameras with on prem AI, what are the alternatives? Needs to be easy to setup. Why are UniFi enthusiasts without moral reasoning?
- jamesvl 1y ago
  Have you taken a look at https://www.cctvcamerapros.com/ https://www.cctvcamerapros.com/ ? It will cost a little more than the cheap ones on Amazon, but you get fully locally-hosted setup and their camera controller is running linux. You can swap in your own hard-drive for storing recordings. No subscriptions, and setup is pretty easy. Their technical support is top-notch - it's a small company and their engineers know the equipment well. No relationship, but I a customer.
- 9x39 1y ago

tucnak 1y ago

The only bit of Ubiquiti gear I can tolerate is the many years out-of-date EdgeRouter 8 Pro, and only because OpenWrt supports it, and it runs dual-core octeon (2 GB DDR3 which is huge for a router) with decent hardware flow offloading.

ectospheno 1y ago
This surprised a few people, but the latest official edgerouter pro firmware is 3.0.0 released July 28, 2025.