* Security updates for way longer than the vendor would provide them. * Privacy (lots of stock firmwares phone home). With OpenWrt your hardware is _yours_. *

* Security updates for way longer than the vendor would provide them. * Privacy (lots of stock firmwares phone home). With OpenWrt your hardware is _yours_. * When you do have to interact with the router, you don't die from its terrible UI (in fact, OpenWrt has a great one).