Your right alot of tech these days requires updates of sorts.
The bridge mode was requested because it lacks the real functionality that people have with their own routers.
It really defeats the whole purpose of the hub having bridge mode.
I would rather have proper netgear firmware on it rather than a stripped firmware for virgin.
However as I say I like the idea of the hub, I know it works for some, it does have some issues, which have or in the process of being fixed. The issues are well known.
Anyhow we agree.