Ask HN: In regards to the link, why not the WiFi Pineapple?

This may be a plebeian query, but i feel like taking the 'teeth' out of a bunch of Pineapple knock offs and placing them all over the place would be a good start at making an open public interweb for all people.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/building-open-wireless-router