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I'm not a big OMGCHINA guy, but buying a TP-Link in 2026 is...a choice. A bad one.
Then again, I straight up refuse to buy a router that won't run OpenWRT, but that's because I don't like backdoors and OEMs harvesting my data.
Most people are fine with that, I guess. I'm sure there are plenty of brands/models that don't do this, but getting permission from the US government to sell networking equipment doesn't really instill a sense of privacy and security.
I'm not a big OMGCHINA guy, but buying a TP-Link in 2026 is...a choice. A bad one.
Then again, I straight up refuse to buy a router that won't run OpenWRT, but that's because I don't like backdoors and OEMs harvesting my data.
Most people are fine with that, I guess. I'm sure there are plenty of brands/models that don't do this, but getting permission from the US government to sell networking equipment doesn't really instill a sense of privacy and security.
I've had this in my cart's "save for later" list for a while but didn't end up buying since my current one is doing alright, so have been able to have an eye on the price, this has been at this price for at least couple of months I think.
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Then again, I straight up refuse to buy a router that won't run OpenWRT, but that's because I don't like backdoors and OEMs harvesting my data.
Most people are fine with that, I guess. I'm sure there are plenty of brands/models that don't do this, but getting permission from the US government to sell networking equipment doesn't really instill a sense of privacy and security.
Then again, I straight up refuse to buy a router that won't run OpenWRT, but that's because I don't like backdoors and OEMs harvesting my data.
Most people are fine with that, I guess. I'm sure there are plenty of brands/models that don't do this, but getting permission from the US government to sell networking equipment doesn't really instill a sense of privacy and security.
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