[shaboinkin]

I learned this with my router. I updated the firmware thinking it was the smart thing to do, security fixed and all that, but instead I was greeted with ads for their other products and them wanted to shove their stupid phone app in my face to interact with the router. I then installed OpenWRT and said nuts to using proprietary router firmware.

[EastSmith]

I am in a search for Wi-Fi 6 router, can you please name the company I should avoid?

[abawany]

A low-price option is the Netgear WAX202 that recently got support merged into main. It supports wifi-6 and can be had for as little as $30.

[fny]

Just buy a router that supports OpenWRT.