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That just forces e-waste. Aftermarket firmware lets a device stay useful indefinitely.


Agreed. I fully expect to see the routers we used in the cerowrt project from 2008 still operational for 10-20 more years. Thereś one out there with 4+ years of uptime that I know of.

https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/an_upgrade_in_place/




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