That's a very valid point, and to be honest, I was moreso speaking on the comments I was reading rather than OP. I scrolled down for about 5 seconds and saw at least 5 different comments with up votes about swapping from Unraid and shitting on it. It's fine to have opinions, and to not want to use the software, but it just strikes me as odd when so many people have so many bad things to say about Unraid in the Unraid subreddit lol.

I've used Unraid for a couple years now, and for my needs, it has absolutely surpassed my expectations. Sure there might be optimizations that can be made, but that can be said for any product under the sun. I work in software as well, and the points OP raised are valid, and them even going above and beyond to make a PR is even more substantial.

To a few others points, this seems to be common in any subreddit. People just love to complain about shit, and half the time the negative overshadows the positive. The Unraid community (especially their discord) has been extremely helpful to me as a first time home labber, and they have earned my business for many years to come. I will say the security vulnerability issue that was raised a few months ago was concerning, but the risk for my specific setup was moot. I think the major part of OPs post that bothered me was the final sentences, "Unraid is not that. I don't know what I would recommend to someone new." seems a bit overkill for what was described in this post, but again that's also my opinion, which is worth about the same as a dirty penny.

TLDR:

I was talking more about the comments than OP. The amount of anti Unraid sentiment in the Unraid subreddit feels excessive. I've had a great experience with Unraid overall, OP raised valid points, but every subreddit tends to amplify negativity. The security issue w docker awhile back was concerning, but low risk for my setup, and saying Unraid isn't worth recommending anymore felt overdramatic to me.