Apple is reportedly exiting the router business ➹

This is not unsurprising given the way telcos have been seeding home gateways everywhere, but can be taken as another harbinger of doom for Apple’s integrated ecosystem.

I have three AirPort base stations due to the peculiar configuration of my concrete walls, and compared to other devices they have given me pretty much zero trouble, so am particularly sad to see them become extinct (and, worse, unsupported in terms of security patches).

Most of the nicer alternatives are US-only, so this does not bode well for upgrades down the line, either. Time to revisit Devolo and some of the other players I tested back when I was at Vodafone…