Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
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Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
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Re: Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
#2> Since OnHub routers were introduced 6 years ago…
I’m curious, does anyone know when the product stopped being sold?
Re: Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
#3> Since OnHub routers were introduced 6 years ago… I’m curious, does anyone know when the product stopped being sold?
Amazon still has them on sale. Google still promotes them - https://on.google.com/hub/?main=retail
Re: Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
#4> Since OnHub routers were introduced 6 years ago… I’m curious, does anyone know when the product stopped being sold?
You can still buy the TP-Link one new on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Google-WiFi-Router-TP-Link-Managed/dp...
Re: Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
#5It is stuff like this, where they take perfectly usable hardware and turn it into a paperweight that exposes the hypocrisy of any of their pro environment/green talk. The right thing to do would be to give us the option of uploading firmware that allows us to update settings etc. after that date like is done with older routers.
Re: Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
#6"End support" as used in the headline apparently means turning off various cloud and smartphone dependent features, which I think includes basically all management features. Software updates (including security patches) are already stopped, so any remaining users should plan to migrate to either new hardware or an alternative OS sooner rather than later.
Re: Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
#7When a company stops supporting the product, should they release source code so community can support it?
If it turns out the product is unsafe through unfixed security holes should you be able to get a refund?
Re: Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
#8> Since OnHub routers were introduced 6 years ago… I’m curious, does anyone know when the product stopped being sold?
I think it was 2018, because that's when I was looking for a way to install OpenWRT on it.
Re: Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
#9> You won’t be able to update things like Wi-Fi network settings, add additional Wifi devices, or run speed tests.
Wow, I'm not familiar if users are forced to use the Google Home app, but that seems a bit drastic to stop users from even changing the most basic settings?
Re: Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
#10Oh Google... People do not care when it was introduced - people care for support from the time when the last one got sold!