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2026-05-03 19:46 UTC

@lusrangifer@blimps.xyz He does use very specific language to indicate it's conjecture, but that nuance goes over the head of the average social media user.

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@lusrangifer@blimps.xyz 2026-05-03 20:21

@foxyloon@blimps.xyz I tracked down his video, and the current title is "You'll Subscribe to Your Router, Too" and within the first 2 minutes he wink-nudge implies the NSA is installing surveillance malware in every American router, and down in the comments he's using the official account to upvote people who aren't particularly nuanced. The source for not being allowed to buy your own router seems to be conflating ISPs requiring you to use their modem with not being allowed to bring your own wifi (something that's been the case on certain ISPs for decades), then a vague gesture at ISPs being big lobbyists. So I'm not sure that this was most nuanced video, and the internet just misunderstood his very specific language.

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