The reason is clear: they paid a bribe and are giving the government the ability to back door into the devices to monitor for “patriotism”

How was it done? Money. Of course it's money. Either direct or indirect bribes "tips" to the FCC and/or their political bosses.

They went through the process. I think it was JayzTwoCents had a video explaining it better. It is just a process for "national secutity" to verify that not back doors or such are installed with concerns about foreign "actors".

link: https://youtu.be/zBz5wfoZQbU

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I just got an email from NETGEAR about this. (Yes, they insisted on capitalizing every letter of their brand name)

Which was concerning, because I haven't bought a NETGEAR product in well over a decade and a half and am adamant about blocking ads and junk mail. How did I get on a mailing list for their company?

Personally, seeing a message like this immediately tells me they're no longer a brand I can trust. I'm gonna keep using my old routers as long as I can.

Interestingly enough, my ISP forced me to upgrade my modem to theirs last year, claiming that I can't use a commercial modem because none are made that interface with their company's technology. Once I installed their modem, my VPN refused to connect over WiFi to the new modem. And several of my WiFi devices just refused to connect in general, including security cameras around my house.

Thankfully, I have an old WiFi router that I use internally in my network and my VPN still works with that. So I'm basically routing all my Internet traffic through an old router, which is set up as a bridge and physically connected to my new modem. It's the only way I can get reliable, stable, secure Internet in my home. Here's hoping the old router lasts for a very long time.

First winner of the Netgear Peace Prize to be announced shortly.

There's a reason and the reason will likely be revealed to be kickbacks and payoffs.

Sounds like netgear routers are now 100% confirmed to be compromised with backdoors instead of just being probable

Corruption is pretty obvious these days.

Two possible reasons:

They agreed to installation of American spyware, probably not limited to models sold in the US, or they paid their dues to Trump, and he called the FCC.

Spyware preinstalled. Has to be.

ah so don't buy a netgear router because the US Government will be listening in/watching. got it.

It’s obvious: the reason is money

This tells me Netgear probably bent the knee and kissed the ring.

Gonna be really funny when it's revealed in 5 years that Netgear routers have a backdoor for the Chinese govt and the US okayed it because of the money the Trump admin got.

It's literally the type of corruption that was claimed China would do for the last 4 decades.

I get the aching feeling its because Netgear likely agreed to some backdoor shit, or to just funnel all user traffic to ICE

Extortion is one reason.

This whole situation has made me realize that I need to get back on the OpenWRT train.

Is it because Netgear is a "US" company? Meaning they are on the US stock exchange, have corporate offices in the US, and manufacture everything in Asia?

Did anybody ever confirm if standalone wireless access points are subject to this weird FCC ban thing? Because, like, you can make your own router out of an old computer.

People still read the verge? After the Stefan fiasco I figured no one would ever trust them again.

It's all in who you know

paywalled

It's called lobbyist, and if you don't like it, better accept it.

Uh, isn't it pretty obvious that Netgear paid a bribe for this exclusion?

Not that Netgear has made anything decent since the 90s, but that tells me it’s a brand to definitely avoid.

I like that dlink dir-300 design on the picture, raminds me good days.