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I've been using their access points for a long time. They have been working quite well. I do have an old WiFi 5 AP that's starting to fail, but that's not too surprising considering the age.
I've just been running the controller with a local account. Hopefully they won't try to force me into using a cloud account.
I've been using Unifi APs since 2017 and they are fantastic. I control them with the Unifi Network Application via docker compose. Incredibly well priced APs that fit right into the 'prosumer' market for sure and still powerful enough to do SMB no problem.
As for FOSS Networking options - OPNsense FTW !!! It's an open source firewall/router based on FreeBSD and extremely performant, feature rich, stable and secure... Absolutely love it, it's the core of my network.
In regards to ZFS, I've been running a ZFS system of one type or another at home since 2013/2014... Totally valid & usable for home networks, many many do use ZFS storage systems. I'm very preferential to OpenMediaVault which is a NAS OS, but based directly on Debian! Debian is basically the Linux OS you want for reliability but paired with OMV's gui - makes having a custom NAS easy.
A NAS is just a computer and TrueNAS is just Linux (ok, TrueNAS CORE is Bsd).
You can run zfs on any machine: they recommend loads of RAM for optimal performance, which you don't need at home (or at work, unless your job is running a data center).
You can choose from a number of FOSS NAS-specific operating systems, plus all linux distros (since you post here, I'd assume you either can or aim to administer a home sever?)... why would you go with a proprietary OS?
There are several FOSS operating systems for network equipment too (keyword "NOS"), but as far as I'm aware none that work on small soho/edge switches. OpenWrt runs both my router (mikrotik) and WAPs (tplink), but the two 8-port switches I have at home (also tplink) run their proprietary firmware.
why would you go with a proprietary OS?
I'm happy with my Unifi network and security setup, especially the single pain of glass. I had assumed the NAS would integrate with that system, but it doesn't seem to.
@early_riser I use #unifi for #switching and #wifi. I enjoy those products. I don't like their #NAS and #routing options.
I ran #pfsense for over a decade, but since the 2.8 release you can't do an offline install. So I switched to #opnsense.