One of the routers I had in the distant past, which I flashed with some kind of OpenWRT, was clearly pwned. I do not know if the firmware I downloaded was pre-compromised, or if some entity pwned it as soon as the Internet was accessible. But I would not trust OpenWRT or Tomato or whatever with that track record. I do not need or want such complexity. I want an appliance router that works and will not cause me headaches. In fact, I purchased and evaluated a "gamer router", I believe it was from ASUS, that was extraordinarily complex, and had amazing bells-and-whistles, but ultimately it was not appropriate for home use. That headache-free, simplistic appliance was supposed to belong to my ISP, but they consistently refuse to provide one to me that is fit for purpose.