Also note that $200 in “value” is mostly covering the massive marketing budget of Eero and Google. You do not need to pay $200 for a secure WiFi solution.
My time is valuable and I've been known to make mistakes. So rather set up and maintain my own router, I bought a Google Wifi unit, and now I'm reasonably certain that my wifi is not the weakest link in my home electronics security profile.
Isn't that a real value proposition for anyone who can afford one and unable to continuously update their DIY router?
https://www.recode.net/2016/10/24/13381002/new-york-times-wi...
I'd still say the point stands that 99% of the routers out there have awful security and it's just a matter of time (often months) because your router is overtaken by a botnet, especially if you don't update to the latest firmware (whenever/if that may arrive).
Open source software helps, but if the firmware for your particular router is updated less often than every 12 months, I think you'll also become just as exposed.
http://www.evodesk.com/wirecutter-standing-desk-review-pay-t...
With most conflicts you won't know the whole truth, but it's a data point.
The Wirecutter also doesn't give the 'best' in everything. They do have implict budgets.
For example, they won't recommend $5000 stereo speaker pairs, even though they would be better than the KEF Q150s they recommend currently. They don't recommend full frame / medium format cameras either, since they are probably too high end and expensive for their target markets.
I don't really fault them although for having some cost limits although. They would probably make the valid argument that if your buying the full frame cameras and $2500 loudspeakers that you probably know what your doing and don't need the wirecutter. I do wish they pointed it out a bit more in some of their guides although.
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