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They're running as basic Linux servers which is hardly "full linux distros." I mean I just searched for firmware for the latest ridiculously overkill Linksys and Netgear Nighthawk routers and the firmware was <50MB... They usually have like a half gig of storage

LEDE Wiki

LEDE is a great example of the amount of features they are now putting in these routers.

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Why not? You wanna give me specifics about how this happens and not just generalizations like "there's a reason things happen" and "it's like Windows"?

Never looked at the firmware release notes for a router?

Amplifi Release Notes

RT2600 Release Notes

Obviously these guys were fixing bugs that cause various performance and connection issues caused by software

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Posted by efrad

Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 4/22/19 at 11:11 am to UltimaParadox

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LEDE is a great example of the amount of features they are now putting in these routers.

We're clearly talking about stock devices here, are we not? Bringing up third party firmwares packed with features is a strawman argument.

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Why not? You wanna give me specifics about how this happens and not just generalizations like "there's a reason things happen" and "it's like Windows"?
Never looked at the firmware release notes for a router?

Amplifi Release Notes

RT2600 Release Notes

Obviously these guys were fixing bugs that cause various performance and connection issues caused by software

If the only argument you have is "look at a changelog" and "look, they fixed bugs" you don't have an argument at all.

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