Unifi OS vs Unifi Network Server

Networking & Firewalls
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My Unifi Network Application v10.5.38 (self hosted) has started prompting me to change to Unifi OS. The prompt says that the existing one “will not support upcoming network versions”.

Hate to sound cynical, but are Unifi pushing a new platform as part of an enshittification process?

Or is this merely the introduction of a next gen application architecture? The linked page on Unifi’s site suggests the latter.

One thing I did spot - they do not support running this in a container. But presume ok to run in a VM ?

https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/34210126298775-Self-Hosting-UniFi

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In short, enshittification is the gradual degradation of a platform’s functionality to maximize profits and I don’t see changing how a free app is delivered as that. The UniFi application is moving the self hosted version the new UniFi OS version which uses containers to deliver the updates smoother. I am not clear what’s worse about that in any way.