You'll Subscribe to Your Router, Too | The First Router Bribes Are Here (www.youtube.com)

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The US FCC router ban has updates: Now, the first products have been added to the exempted list -- and it's from Netgear, a company that has dedicated years to lobbying the federal government. The FCC also clarified that its router ban includes wireless hotspots (e.g. 5G hotspots), and the broad definition of a "router" could feasibly even include game consoles, phones, and simple range extenders. We dig through links within the ISP (Internet Service Provider) industry, including lobbying contributions, and find a path to what we think is long-term router subscriptions via "authorized" sources like ISPs. The risk of eventual government backdoors also prevails in such a situation. Conflicts of interest with Starlink also present concerns.

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[-] doubledealer@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago

And we'll see this extend to other areas of computing as Chinese tech advances if US policy continues unabated. No RAM, no CPUs/GPUs.

[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

The way things are going, the US will be banning electricity, metal tools, and fire over the next few years.

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