Sorry, I didn't meant tiny as a way to minimize the issue.
And I see your point with those further examples.
Well, bottom line is: that definitely sucks. What can be done, in your
opinion?
Maybe some no-brand companies in China sell noncompliant devices that won't
be sold in the U.S.? Unlikely, but nonetheless a possibility?
Maybe they would base them on old designs which have free firmware and
drivers?
The wifi is not a tiny part. Or it is and it isn't. It's a critically
important part. What good is a wireless router where the wifi doesn't work?
Or if you are willing to compromise your freedom/security/etc then what good
is third party wireless router firmware when the community can't add
So in a nutshell, they want to lock just a tiny part of it (the wifi
firmware), right?
And no mesh networking means the slow death of libre decentralized services
(at least through wifi, which still sucks)?
Also, a device being non-compliant means it's illegal to get/use?
I made a blog post about why the situation is worse than a general lock down:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/blog
Linksys is also causing problems with there "open source" wifi router, but
now TP-Link is going to be doing something similar because of FCC action. The
media is making this out
