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> Since OnHub routers were introduced 6 years ago… I’m curious, does anyone know when the product stopped being sold?

mnd999 5y ago
Amazon still has them on sale. Google still promotes them - https://on.google.com/hub/?main=retail https://on.google.com/hub/?main=retail
- makerofspoons 5y ago
  How scummy, not even a banner saying that support is ending.
  - pvarangot 5y ago
    It's worse than that, this ones haven't even had security patches for a while.
  - andybak 5y ago
    Let's all buy one and join a class action.
    - ClumsyPilot 5y ago
      I think you should habe a valid claim, if you buy a new device you still have warranty and to have a device disabled during warranty preiod is unprecedented.
    - jeffbee 5y ago
      Your beef would be with the retailer, not with Google. It is the retailer who makes the implied warranty of suitability for purpose, not the manufacturer (who also, in this case, is not Google).
      - commoner 5y ago
        That's not accurate, at least in the United States. Product warranties are issued by manufacturers, and Google's pages for TP-Link[1] and Asus[2] confirm this. The manufacturer warranty is 2 years for both the TP-Link[3] and Asus[4] OnHub models. If there were a class action, it would be against TP-Link and Asus. These manufacturers would then take the losses into consideration before collaborating with Google in the future. [1] https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/6279787 https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/6279... [2] https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/6314187 https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/6314... [3] https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tp-link-google-onhub-ac1900-dual-band-wi-fi-router-black/4409400.p?skuId=4409400 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tp-link-google-onhub-ac1900-dua... [4] https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-onhub-wireless-ac-router-with-nat-firewall-slate-gray/4588401.p?skuId=4588401 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-onhub-wireless-ac-router-w...
        jeffbee 5y ago
        Those are not implied warrantees. Please read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implied_warranty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implied_warranty
        commoner 5y ago
        Yes, maufacturer warranties are not implied warranties. They are explicit promises from the manufacturer to repair or replace products that fall below certain standards within a period of time. For example, the TP-Link limited warranty explicitly identifies TP-Link USA Corp. as the warrantor: > TP-Link USA Corp. (“TP-Link USA”) provides a limited warranty on all eligible TP-Link products purchased in the United States. https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/replacement-warranty/ https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/replacement-warranty/
        jeffbee 5y ago
        They specifically end that warranty at a fixed point after the EOL date without regard to sale date. If you buy a wifi router and you take it home and it cannot be setup because that backing services have been turned down, it is the retailer with whom you have a claim. They sold you a product that was not suited to its purpose.
Spivak 5y ago
You can still buy the TP-Link one new on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Google-WiFi-Router-TP-Link-Managed/dp/B013ALA9LA https://www.amazon.com/Google-WiFi-Router-TP-Link-Managed/dp...
akaij 5y ago
I think it was 2018, because that's when I was looking for a way to install OpenWRT on it.

Amazon still has them on sale. Google still promotes them - https://on.google.com/hub/?main=retail https://on.google.com/hub/?main=retail

makerofspoons 5y ago
How scummy, not even a banner saying that support is ending.
- pvarangot 5y ago
  It's worse than that, this ones haven't even had security patches for a while.
- andybak 5y ago
  Let's all buy one and join a class action.
  - ClumsyPilot 5y ago
    I think you should habe a valid claim, if you buy a new device you still have warranty and to have a device disabled during warranty preiod is unprecedented.
  - jeffbee 5y ago
    Your beef would be with the retailer, not with Google. It is the retailer who makes the implied warranty of suitability for purpose, not the manufacturer (who also, in this case, is not Google).
    - commoner 5y ago
      That's not accurate, at least in the United States. Product warranties are issued by manufacturers, and Google's pages for TP-Link[1] and Asus[2] confirm this. The manufacturer warranty is 2 years for both the TP-Link[3] and Asus[4] OnHub models. If there were a class action, it would be against TP-Link and Asus. These manufacturers would then take the losses into consideration before collaborating with Google in the future. [1] https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/6279787 https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/6279... [2] https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/6314187 https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/6314... [3] https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tp-link-google-onhub-ac1900-dual-band-wi-fi-router-black/4409400.p?skuId=4409400 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tp-link-google-onhub-ac1900-dua... [4] https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-onhub-wireless-ac-router-with-nat-firewall-slate-gray/4588401.p?skuId=4588401 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-onhub-wireless-ac-router-w...
      - jeffbee 5y ago
        Those are not implied warrantees. Please read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implied_warranty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implied_warranty
        commoner 5y ago
        Yes, maufacturer warranties are not implied warranties. They are explicit promises from the manufacturer to repair or replace products that fall below certain standards within a period of time. For example, the TP-Link limited warranty explicitly identifies TP-Link USA Corp. as the warrantor: > TP-Link USA Corp. (“TP-Link USA”) provides a limited warranty on all eligible TP-Link products purchased in the United States. https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/replacement-warranty/ https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/replacement-warranty/
        jeffbee 5y ago
        They specifically end that warranty at a fixed point after the EOL date without regard to sale date. If you buy a wifi router and you take it home and it cannot be setup because that backing services have been turned down, it is the retailer with whom you have a claim. They sold you a product that was not suited to its purpose.

Spivak 5y ago

You can still buy the TP-Link one new on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Google-WiFi-Router-TP-Link-Managed/dp/B013ALA9LA https://www.amazon.com/Google-WiFi-Router-TP-Link-Managed/dp...

akaij 5y ago

I think it was 2018, because that's when I was looking for a way to install OpenWRT on it.