Post #2204262

@lusrangifer@blimps.xyz Sounds like they ran off with the AI generated description of the Gamer's Nexus video on this situation. It's way more nuanced than "you're not going to be allowed to own a WiFi router and you'll be required to rent it from your ISP". While Steve did touch on those points in the video, it was deliberately worded to be "this very likely might happen" and not "this is definitely happening". The way the current law is worded, it's so fucking vague and misses the core of the issue entirely, which is apparently "national security" of "consumer routers". There's no contingency for the "foreign made" routers already in circulation, or finding the means of incentivizing US production of routers instead. All they're doing is allowing retailers to sell off their remaining stock and giving a cutoff date in 2027 for such devices to receive security updates. Much like many of the laws this congress has pushed out, they're downright stupid.