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> How are non technical people, like our parents, ... going to install their own router? And then they might have to manage it, like a manual update or asjustment now and then or whatever.

Buy an eero, plug it in, use the phone app for initial setup (like setting wifi password, nothing "technical"), and then use it while doing no maintenance because settings don't need to change and software auto-updates.

> It would be like everyone buying car parts themselves and repairing their own cars when they break…

Yes, it would be like people replacing windshield wipers and topping off their own oil: You could hire it out, but it's a waste of money to do so.




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