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Re:TP-Link blocks open source router firmware to comply with... by mtgx on Friday March 11, 2016 @02:19PM (#11268819)
At the very least they could start selling some DD-WRT routers to appease the critics and make them forget all of their other products are closed, but they aren't even willing to do that.
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Re:TP-Link blocks open source router firmware to comply with... by zanny on Friday March 11, 2016 @03:46PM (#11269385)
This is why I always buy Buffalo routers. They are marginally more expensive, but in the same way I will intentionally buy laptops that ship with Linux as a price premium, I'll also buy routers that ship open source firmware by default because my money sends a message.

It does not matter that I replaced Ubuntu on my Galago with Arch or the DDWRT on my wzr-n600 with OpenWRT, becauase I'm on the books at these companies buying hardware running open source software.

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