My router (TP Link) said it had a firmware update. I’m a responsible adult, so I update my firmware. When I log back in, I get this popup that they’d like to share my clients info.

cool…

    • a4ng3l@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 days ago

      I doubt something like this will spillover to the professional line of products. We should be clear for a while with Omada.

  • bus_factor@lemmy.world
    189·
    7 days ago

    One of two things happened:

    • They implemented it just now, and it’s nice of them to ask

    Or:

    • They’ve been doing it for years, and now legal told them they need to ask
  • artifex@piefed.socialEnglish
    144·
    7 days ago

    Weird, I must be seeing a different screenshot, because all I read here is “TP Link would like you to overwrite its firmware with OpenWRT.”

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 days ago

      Hold up. Since when can you put OpenWRT on non linksys routers??? I stopped following the project years ago when i stopped using linksys routers. Have they expanded their repertoire?

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    86·
    7 days ago

    https://openwrt.org/

    I’ve never personally used that one, but it gets recommended a lot.

    I’ve been using DD-WRT for 15+ years, but that’s for no particular reason other than It’s what I found first and haven’t had any reason to switch.

    • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
      18·
      7 days ago

      I used DD-WRT for 9 years and had no reason to switch until I was forced to. At some point after a firmware upgrade my routers began to occasionally lose their configurations after power failures. Months of troubleshooting, logging errors and recreating configs made no difference. I had been concerned for some time that the project seemed to rely on one guy, and although what he’s doing is amazing, it is not possible for him to thoroughly test each firmware release. When one of my routers lost its config when I was 200 miles away and I lost alarm monitoring I was forced to make a change.

      Open-WRT has been a really pleasant surprise. It’s completely stable on the same routers and the feature set is unbelievably broad. The learning curve was a bitch though.

      • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        11·
        7 days ago

        My story is very similar. I used DD-WRT for years until something broke. Then I switched to OpenWRT and never looked back. That was maybe ten years ago.

    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlBanned
      16·
      7 days ago

      I was on DD-WRT back when WRT54G but the DD-WRT devs don’t really get it,
      They make the bad compromises, and most of their initial contributors appears to have moved on to OpenWRT.

      At this point DD-WRT isn’t just another alternative, it’s very stale while OpenWRT is still evolving rapidly and has the larger contributor community. And they put as much emphasis on performance, bloat reduction and efficiency as they do new features.

      I have a 8MB nvram TP link archer C7 and it’s actually faster in the latest version, that’s basically unheard of in all of software !

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
    53·
    7 days ago

    We won’t save your private information. But the third party services - some of which are owned by the same parent company as us - absolutely will.

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
      14·
      7 days ago

      tp link routers tend to run openwrt pretty well.

      Of course, I have the TP-Link router that isn’t well-supported 😖

      I kind of miss my old Linksys routers, which officially supported third-party firmware.

      • Damage@feddit.it
        9·
        7 days ago

        I am a fan of gl.inet stuff, they come with [a customized version of] OpenWRT preinstalled. I’m a industrial tech and I’ve used a couple of their products as hotspots when working on machines for years, I’ve even connected multiple together to work on 2-3 production lines on different subnets at the same time.

  • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip
    111·
    7 days ago

    i have always wondered how this works from the legal point. what if you disagree, should you sue to get your money back? you are buying product with some expectations, they can’t just change that after you paid, can they?

    it is similar with cars, what if you buy new car and the car’s infotainment asks you to accept some outrageous terms and conditions, you do bother to actually read them and then decline. can you get your money back? has anyone ever tried?

  • Petter1
    8·
    7 days ago

    …a third-party services…

    Now, what is it, one or many!?

  • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Well, thats a shame. I have always preferred TP-Link due to their pricing and freedom of software/smart home integrations. This definitely puts a damper on that.