And one such area is radio-relevant firmware. Direction from the US FCC on regular WiFi router firmware resulted in router manufacturers attempting to restrict you from installing OpenWRT. Which is to say, it should be possible for routers to remain custom firmware-friendly, but I’m not optimistic. Observing the trends over the years, noticing firmware get more and more locked down, I’ve been thinking a lot about a certain question.

Once again, capitalism ruins everything.