Available plugin versions showing "N/A" after CORE OS update

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I didn’t think I was being as subtle as “implying” anything. It could also mean “grossly negligent in ensuring you’re telling the truth,” but in this case, IMO of course, it’s deliberate.

Sure: they get to sell product (like the Mini OP is using) by advertising a feature that they don’t give a damn about. Even for the large majority of us who aren’t using iX hardware, it gives them market share. And then it’s our job to explain to frustrated users like OP that iX sold them a bill of goods.

Kris said, 2.5 years ago, that plugins were “all but deprecated” and “a path to sadness.” He and Morgan agreed in the thread I linked above (which I started in October of '22) that they were a dead end, wouldn’t be getting any love, and that they’d “de-emphasize” them in their marketing materials. They posted to their blog in April of '23 (19 months ago tomorrow) how great helm charts were (oops) and that plugins were going away.

So how is it, over two years after the CTO and the product manager agreed that plugins don’t belong in their advertising materials, that they’re still in their advertising materials? “Oops, we missed that one” just doesn’t cut it.

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Yea, that info is way out of date and should be fixed, nothing intended to be malicious about it though. Passed along to our marketing team to get that fixed.

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I misspelled the word “Dishonesty”. What I meant was that the word itself implies intent.
We are in agreement that you weren’t subtle.

They have now acknowledged that it’s inaccurate and time will tell what ends up changing in their marketing material and documentation.

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Marking team is aware now and fixing shortly. They will post back here confirming when those listings have been cleaned up.

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