[robbiewxyz]

Their routers only have this feature because the internet providers who sell those routers pay for bandwidth themselves lol. If residential internet plans sold on a pay-per-byte basis you can bet routers’d still ship with non-unique passwords.

[schnable]

Nah, it's to deflect customer support contacts. Which often in the case of ISPs, results in a truck roll which is hugely expensive.

[jonathantf2]

It's also the law in the EU.