That sucks. From the article it looks like they are at least writing the firmware, but it’s hard to tell.

I’m curious because I just ordered a couple of C210s to tinker with.

Is that true for TP-link? I always thought they were an OEM.

Regulators were less friendly back then

They can do a lot of that now with Recall even if you use Chrome.

They also want you to use their browser because they want to direct you to bing/copilot and get ad revenue from all of your clicks.

They wanted to do that with internet explorer but regulators weren’t monopoly-friendly back then.