GLi.net a product to stay away from

its a little controverial opinion

Have you ever wondered why its so popular ? yes, its because they heavily sponsor youtubers and other social media influencers with free "beta" products. They say they provide samples for beta testing, however what they are really looking for are youtubers and influencers who can promote their stuff.

Their subreddit says its an "unofficial" subreddit however I found out the hard way that criticising their marketing tactics and revealing their inefficient hardware and suggesting some of its competitor hardware especially like (pifi and flashedrouter, i have no affiliation with those) resulted in me getting banned (can't reply or make threads) from their "unofficial subreddit". proof

I had always wondered why there are no critical reviews of its products anywhere. It can't be that a product has no flaws. Why isn't anybody talking or even discussing. and when I started talking then I got banned.

It's a really sad state of affair where openwrt project which is supported by Software Freedom Conservancy who's mission is to promote ethical, right to repair, improve and reinstall software. What irks me is when I see people in opensource community suggesting to other folks to buy one of their routers instead of learning how to use openwrt. Yes it can be a little daunting but its very rewarding.

You can save all of that money you would have spent on glinet routers OR donate it to openwrt donate which will help the cause.