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randomnut1
Apr 02, 2013Apprentice
Genie Apps on new readynas 104 not installing?
Hi, I bought a new Readynas 104 as soon as it became available, and am trying to install apps from the genie marketplace. The service is enabled, and I created an account on the website and logged in...
ahpsi1
Apr 15, 2013Tutor
I've seen this on my 314, bought Transmission after a lengthy and annoying Genie account creation (that asks for login every time I visit the 'installed' apps page) installed and ran Transmission. Just finding the right Transmission and forcing the web page to recognize that I even owned a 314 took too much time - especially compared to the ease with which it was installed on my NVX. After I had it up and running I thought all was well - until it promptly disappeared from my 'installed' apps list. Go back to Genie, find it, re-install. Stop, edit settings.json to customize, start and have now crossed my fingers in the hopes Netgear Genie doesn't blink it's eyes and make my apps disappear again.
Dated and ineffective interface aside it is sad to see Netgear attempt to monetize what was already an effective and successful 'third party' market. It appears they want the most money with the least effort - the developers do all the work and Netgear takes a piece of the pie to justify a bad website and a poorly implemented payment processor.
Dated and ineffective interface aside it is sad to see Netgear attempt to monetize what was already an effective and successful 'third party' market. It appears they want the most money with the least effort - the developers do all the work and Netgear takes a piece of the pie to justify a bad website and a poorly implemented payment processor.
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