Search the Amazon comments and you'll see at least three folks who are running OpenWRT/Lede on this device. Pretty sure it uses the same "rango" chipset. My gue

Search the Amazon comments and you'll see at least three folks who are running OpenWRT/Lede on this device. Pretty sure it uses the same "rango" chipset. My guess is that your instincts are right, and it's cheaper and pretty much the same thing.