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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.

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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.

> a major feature within my own infrastructure is completely broken

> can't see why disabling cloud login is a problem

:)

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.

Good catch. Since USG is Unifi Security Gateway, I kinda just mixed it up with Unifi Protect. Still a troubling development IMO.

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