They're devices usually require a ui.com account and linking the device. As some people already said it you'll still require cloud connection to setup the device even if standalone by using their mobile or desktop app. Doesn't seem like a good choice for someone who's into privacy and self hosting.
TCB13
At some point libre software is simpler and bullshit free. No upselling, no spyware, no constant changing the UI 20x in a year...
It is somewhat sensitive, at least wireless device names, network/switch setup, MAC addresses and LED/ GPIO settings are going to be different - almost always (and this list is far from complete).
Usually what I do is I take the config and merge it manually (Beyond Compare), to the default config of a new unit, that way I can adjust the interfaces and other details.
To be fair I only do this because I tend to deploy OpenWRT on customers quite a lot and something I don't have a config for some specific hardware already done. A router is basically a fridge, it should last a long time and even if you've to manually configure everything it won't be much of an issue 5 or 10 years later.
Be prepared to be hostage of their cloud services... Unifi was all cool until they introduced the Cloud Key and a few other things.
At least he is honest about who he / the platform supports, not some shady algorithm pending to one side, or some tv channel being left while another is right lol
Anyone found the link?
No shit, but then even Obama used Twitter to win the elections. What's new?
tax payer subsidies
It's not subsidies, it is tax breaks if companies go there. A very different thing.
The future of ethernet is not expensive cabling, more like switches capable of doing more on current cables. We've been seeing this trend for a while.
Do you really need this extra server? Why not just configure the account on Thunderbird and move the older / archival mail to a local folder? Or even drag and drop it out of Thunderbird to a folder and store the resulting files somewhere?
I'm just asking this because most people won't need regular access to very old email and just storing the files on a NAS or something makes it easier.