Also, I have a feeling of Middlecoin-ish smell in here. Rather strange feeling, but really similar to the final days when owner was available there. (He is gone for months now.)
I know nothing of how middlecoin smells. Nor do I have any idea what you are talking about.
LR is expanding to include a lot more providers and customers in our design and features and support moving forward. As we are a community engine (and pretty much a non-profit) we appreciate and listen to our providers and customers.
I personally do remote setups a few times a day for providers for all sorts of mining equipment. Some of them I just get a pi or a pc and have to do the entire install from scratch, or rebuild images from scratch to gain access and install API's. This is why I say I haven't met an incompatible miner.
Keep in mind that I still have DC's full of hosted miners via Unicorn Hasher and LeaseRig is the frontend for those customers. There is a lot riding on keeping LR running for me above and beyond LR itself.
About the smell:
Very low rate of rented/idle rigs compared to competition.
Outdated pricing structure still a possibility while both competition sites use clear "per hour" system.
--- Price comparison is extremely hard for customers. Need to click on every rig to gather speed/reliability/available hours/price(/...) data and make a wise decision. Competition is straightforward. This is prone to mistakes and hence unsatisfied customers.
--- You could have added a big red flag to emphasize rigs with linear pricing so all non-idiot providers would have switched to that in no more than two weeks. Then you would be able to stand the fight with competition. I am confident to say this pricing issue made LR loosing its once leading market position.
New algos get listed late. I guess this walks hand in hand with the low number of rents done. So back to above topic.
Bootstrap, UIkit or whatever and LR would have looked like a 21st century site. (I know you inherited this design.)
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The Card Card System is still in BETA". This would have been the ultimate killer feature on the market. Easy to advertise. A Unique selling point for LR. Amazing stuff. But where is it?
Self listing of rigs. Again, competition is far ahead with this.
The list goes on with less important issues...
Do not get me wrong, I do understand you have other things to do. That is fine with me. I am about to help here with my opinion, not to criticize you. But until then I am forced to sell my rig on competition sites.