• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Not necessarily, but the odds of getting popped by a heretofore undisclosed backdoor that your ISP didn’t think would be a big deal are eliminated entirely, and you can also do a lot more interesting things with your home infrastructure, if that’s your thing.

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 months ago

      You also get regular updates with open source firmware. Many of the ISP provided routers will never see an update.