Why does everybody hate Cisco Cloud Connect so much ??

Question

Just upgraded from e4200v1 to the ea4500. I may be a minority but I actually find the new cloud firmware a refreshing change and I installed it by choice. The original firmware was just feeling a litte dated after years of owning linksys routers.  I'll agree it is a little slow but I am sure that will be addressed. As for those saying it has been streamlined,  I was able to find almost all important settings that often actually need configuring in a few minutes. As for it being full of bugs, If you want to see buggy firmware buy an asus router, I just returned one it was so bad.
While I can't figure out why one would really need to remotely access their router the ability to fire up the guest network or monitor devices on my router from my phone is really cool. I'm anxious to see what Cisco/Linksys have in mind for upcoming releases, it opens the door for so many possibilities.

Answer 1

I am looking at the box of my EA4500 and there is nothing on it about CCC.  That was added after the fact.  In fact most EA4500s out there now were pre-CCC.  You clearly don't have an EA4500 in your hands, there's nothing on the box talking about CCC.  Cisco Connect software is not the same thing as Cisco Cloud Connect, right?  Because that's what's mentioned on the box.
Try finding a 4200v2 for sale then try finding a 4500, price is nearly the same( only $10 difference) , the devices have very similar specs if not identical.  So, you would save a whole $10 for last years model?  Not the best plan for me.
As far as complaining about a cloud implementation for a local device?  Really?  You think this is a good idea?  You think that this works "well"?  I've asked before and I'll ask you since you want to go after me for voicing my opinion on a thread that's asking people what's wrong with the software...  Would you put your home thermostat control "in the cloud" so that you could control it remotely and remove any local control option?  That would be silly wouldn't it?  If your access to the control ever gets interrupted for any reason, you can no longer control your device.  This is what happens here.
As for software support...  Cisco already isn't supporting their software.  You cannot use any of their installation or update software if you are using Mac OS X Mountain Lion.  At this time the OS has been available for a month and a half and Cisco doesn't appear to be doing anything to provide support for an OS that is guaranteed support according to the system requirements on the box.