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Up until a just few years ago the Internet was fueled by extensive growth: router manufacturers (among others) made profits by selling to people who had never bought routers before.

This has all but ended now, and people shopping for their second or third router will be making different decisions.

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You can sell a lot of garbage to consumers who have never bought that product type before.

If the full-performance product is crowded out, it's sub-type can be lost forever.

Once you enter the Garbaceous Period it can be the actual end of a higher quality era.

> router manufacturers (among others) made profits by selling to people who had never bought routers before.

They also make a huge chunk of their profits from resellers such as ISP's who will rent you a router with your access.

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