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Hard agree. Especially if you have something like the UDM/UDM-P and are managing VLAN-specific SSIDs and so forth.

OP didn’t ask about managing from the controller. I prefer the controller and use it myself. Some of my family members do not want a controller and use the Unifi APs I suggest.

It is unlikely that a home user has network functions in use that rely on the controller.

My point still stands for multiple APs.

For example, you can't set up meshing from the mobile app. Best you can do is give them all the same SSID/password, and they also have to be wired in that scenario.