i had the opposite experience. i got a tp link that refused to work if i didnt register it. i tried to get customer service and there were so many dark patter

i had the opposite experience. i got a tp link that refused to work if i didnt register it. i tried to get customer service and there were so many dark patterns in their customer service queue (fake "you have X minutes in the queue" numbers, etc) Eventually i got through to a human that said you can't run it without registering it. it did NOT say that on the box. shit like this is what the ftc should crack down on