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Am I being stupid or are there no actual sources listed for the claim in the title?
by LukeB_UK 11y ago
Am I being stupid or are there no actual sources listed for the claim in the title?
- creshal 11y agoEven if they could get a source, I wouldn't trust TP-Link. Their entire business models revolves around making routers as shoddily as possible, of course they have a vested interest to block open source firmwares on cheaper models from eating up their fake premium models.
- vonklaus 11y agoI was skeptical. Type "router firmware" into google news. Many articles about firmware lockdown
- LukeB_UK 11y agoFree router firmware and free software aren't the same.
- retrogradeorbit 11y agoAlthough I would note firmware is software. But yes, they are not banning Free Software. This is more an issue with making the routers into treacherous computing platforms [1]. [1] https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/drm.html https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/drm.html
- lolidaisuki 11y agoThe radio firmware is usually included in the OS. Thus if you want to change the OS on a router, phone, tablet, whatever else and that is the case you won't be able to do it at all.