Well…the domestic routers also conduct in heavy data collection and some have technical backdoors, so I don’t know.
Some data is definitely collected especially if the router is made for mainland China.
I don’t know about evil, but it’s curious to see that the OS that Xiaomi uses is a modified version of OpenWRT, so the support could have been there. I mean it could still be an option in the future.
No, it cannot.
I had some very bad experience with their software over the years and I admit I haven’t tested their new line yet. Has it gotten better?
Propaganda? Judging by the number of downvotes, I assume people didn’t even bother watching a 5 minutes video. Set it on 2x speed.