[therealx]

I'm well aware it's not a security feature and I know there are ways to punch holes, but in practice, a lot of machines are still relying on it. The number of IoT devices alone that would be screwed if they were public is massive.

Yes, everyone should have a hardware firewall, but we both know most people just buy the cheapest thing, and by bad large, real firewall features are mostly targeted toward higher end devices.