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I guarantee you approximately everyone that does not work in tech has one AP, the one provided by their ISP. Unifi already has a range of prosumer products, this is them moving into the consumer space.

The limitation is totally product segmentation, since their prosumer equivalent all in one (the UDR) costs double, but that's fine, I feel. It's not like they're raising the price of the existing offerings because this budget model exists.

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I know so many people who don't work in tech - some who work in blue collar jobs, in fact - that have Eero or Orbi or similar easy to use network extenders set up. Wanting to have wifi coverage away from the ISP-provided router isn't something that only tech insiders desire.

> I guarantee you approximately everyone that does not work in tech has one AP, the one provided by their ISP. Unifi already has a range of prosumer products, this is them moving into the consumer space.

I'm not sure what are you trying to say with this - yes, obviously, people who don't buy extra APs don't have extra APs, but why are they relevant to conversation about UniFi prosumer products?

It's not like UniFi customer base is a person who doesn't use anything outside their ISP equpiment.

This isn't a prosumer product. You aren't adding these to an existing Unifi install. The prosumer version of this device is the UDR. This is Unifi releasing a cheap consumer product so when you, as a person who knows their tech stack, need to suggest a all in one device for someone who would otherwise have just an ISP router, there is a product that costs in the same price range as the netgears and tp-link devices in that range. Or when someone curious about upgrading from the bargain basement tier to mid range equipment has a new cheaper entry level product which might encourage them to try.

This absolutely is a prosumer product - by your own sentence: normal customers do not buy routers and APs like this. They use their ISP gear with maybe something much cheaper added once in a while.

This is prosumer. they have a consumer brand already: https://amplifi.com/

Google fiber and ATT both give out 2 WAPs in my area which will auto-mesh.

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