[Discuss] Fwd: Hey FCC, Don't Lock Down Our Wi-Fi Routers | WIRED

[john at johnbyrnes.info (John Byrnes)]

> There are a few reasons I'm aware of. The most practical one is simply 
> that they can't afford it. Every state in the Union has implied warranty 
> laws that manufacturers must comply with. Some states, including 
> Massachusetts, outright prohibit "as-is" sales. Meanwhile, most GPL 
> software, including the Linux kernel, expressly comes "as-is" with no 
> warranty whatsoever. Google and Verizon can afford to eat the costs of 
> adding warranty support to unsupported code; not so much D-Link and TP-Link.


Don't these implied warranties also apply to the lousy unsupported code
they're already shipping the devices with? For the most part, most of
these devices seem to run the Linux kernel anyway.

John