Linux being opensource helped people alot who werent engineers. Its for the benefit of opensource devs who can make software for normal people to use

Yeah, fuck hacking right? Who could possibly do that anyways?

Who would ever flash alternate firmware on their wifi routers?! Or do it for someone else, like family members?

Yes. Like with Tuya devices (tasmota) or the WRT-54G two decades ago.

Only takes one person to create the new firmware. Everyone else can follow whatever steps are needed to use it.

Who's losing here?

Eh, even if it just means that someone can offer a 3rd-party smartphone app to control them, it's a pretty big win versus the normal end-of-life support story

I'm not even sure what you're complaining about here.

People with hot takes that didn't even bother to read the article.