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Asus went the bad way. Check out louis rossman vídeos about asus, héroes one of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHQqKi9NcTs It is a company to be avoided. It went the non ethical way.
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Sadly, you can swap Asus with pretty much any popular company's name and it still holds true.
Gamers nexus mentioned two decent brands (arctic and fractal) in their most recent video about Asus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYdtpU8FKO8 around the 11:11 mark
But yes, sadly most popular companies seem to be garbage nowadays.
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Yes... But some more than others
Every other company seems to charge for parental controls. It's so stupid, I don't need another fee just because I have a child in my life.
I wanted to degoogle, so I looked for a new router and ended up with an Asus.