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FCC just handed Netgear a de facto router monopoly in the US (www.engadget.com)
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[โ€“] floofloof@lemmy.ca 23 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

It's not clear what makes Netgear's currently foreign-made routers safer than, say, an Amazon Eero 7 or a Google Nest WiFi Pro.

This is all evidence that it's not really about safety. It's a clumsy attempt to strongarm tech companies into setting up factories in the USA. It may also be an attempt to create an environment in which it's easier to install US government backdoors on every home router.

[โ€“] msage@programming.dev 4 points 2 hours ago

But how hilarious it is that Google and Amazon, already bending the knee to the emperor, did not get a pass.