David Pierce

They all did no comments because they're all a little terrified and scared and no one wants to cross the Trump administration.

I don't know, man.

I don't know.

I don't know what this was.

The idea was if you make a router outside the United States, it is inherently a security risk.

And so you have to make it in the United States, except for the routers you're already making, which are fine, and you don't have to update them.

Right.

They actually didn't ban routers.

They banned theoretical future routers.

Yeah.

But everyone interpreted this as all routers.

Right.

Okay, so we're waiting to see what happens.

Like, what is the process for getting one of these exemptions?

Are these router makers going to commit to making the routers in the United States?

Like, how is this going to work?

Well, the way it worked is that Netgear up and announced out of nowhere that it has been given a specific determination that its devices do not pose risks to U.S.

national security.

Out of nowhere.

Just like, here we go.