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> I'm almost at the point where I consider any type of firmware update for anything to be actively hostile and to be avoided if at all possible with the sole ex

> I'm almost at the point where I consider any type of firmware update for anything to be actively hostile and to be avoided if at all possible with the sole exception of patches for specific, significant security bugs. I recently bricked my Eufy Baby monitor trying to upgrade the firmware. We got an additional add on camera and it wouldn't connect to the new camera. So I navigated their really piss poor documentation on upgrading the firmware but ended up bricking the whole thing.

SOLAR_FIELDS 2y ago
The unofficial firmware that is maintained by some random person out of a basement in Kansas is infinitely more trustworthy than the vendors firmware itself in iot and simple embedded devices. I run some fork of some custom firmware on an older Nighthawk router in my house and the random person in Kansas updates the thing with security and perf and feature patches monthly. Never one issue upgrading them