I’ve had one of GL.inet’s routers for over a year now and I’m really happy with it. I surprisingly did not have my ISP barking at me when I replaced my old one with it, which was a relief. I don’t use a mobile carrier for my home internet though, so I don’t know if they’re more picky about what you use.
so I don’t know if they’re more picky about what you use.
no one knows how picky they’re going to be 5-ish years from now because the borders of our self-imposed & AI-driven panopticon are going to be in a state of flux for at least another decade.
I hear you about the panopticon - I figured getting a Gl.iNet router is some protection, as I know what’s running on it and I can keep all my network traffic behind a VPN with a killswitch. Of course, they could try to make those illegal down the road. Who knows.
GL.iNet’s devices come with their own fork of OpenWRT pre-installed. The UI is easy to navigate and it does everything I need it to, so I haven’t felt any need to install OpenWRT proper, but if you want to, I believe you can easily find instructions to do so online.
do they share the fork that they’re using on github/gitea/codeberg/etc. that you know of?
Of course, they could try to make those illegal down the road. Who knows.
that’s the clever part; they don’t have to make it illegal because the american carriers are self-censoring themselves for pre-compliance and (i suspect) to minimize any controversy/publicity/awareness about it.
This is a problem I think we need to start considering collectively. If the internet as we know it can no longer be relied upon for communication (at least not for anything of importance), how do we effectively organize? I don’t have an answer, but I think we will have to come up with alternatives before the cage locks around us.
I’ve had one of GL.inet’s routers for over a year now and I’m really happy with it. I surprisingly did not have my ISP barking at me when I replaced my old one with it, which was a relief. I don’t use a mobile carrier for my home internet though, so I don’t know if they’re more picky about what you use.
no one knows how picky they’re going to be 5-ish years from now because the borders of our self-imposed & AI-driven panopticon are going to be in a state of flux for at least another decade.
did your device come with openwrt?
I hear you about the panopticon - I figured getting a Gl.iNet router is some protection, as I know what’s running on it and I can keep all my network traffic behind a VPN with a killswitch. Of course, they could try to make those illegal down the road. Who knows.
GL.iNet’s devices come with their own fork of OpenWRT pre-installed. The UI is easy to navigate and it does everything I need it to, so I haven’t felt any need to install OpenWRT proper, but if you want to, I believe you can easily find instructions to do so online.
do they share the fork that they’re using on github/gitea/codeberg/etc. that you know of?
that’s the clever part; they don’t have to make it illegal because the american carriers are self-censoring themselves for pre-compliance and (i suspect) to minimize any controversy/publicity/awareness about it.
They have a lot on their github, but I have no idea if it’s current: https://github.com/orgs/gl-inet/repositories
If my ISP tries banning my router, I’ll be finding a new ISP. Of course, that’s not going to help if they all fall in line.
i had the same thought; what will i do once they’ve blacklisted all alternatives?
This is a problem I think we need to start considering collectively. If the internet as we know it can no longer be relied upon for communication (at least not for anything of importance), how do we effectively organize? I don’t have an answer, but I think we will have to come up with alternatives before the cage locks around us.