DLAM didn’t just improve the r1, it delivered the upgrade that finally expanded what the device can do, in a meaningful way. It pushed the r1 into territory users had been hoping for since launch, and it showed what the device is really capable of when the right ideas are implemented and executed well.
That’s why keeping DLAM free is absolutely essential. This upgrade has opened the r1 to a much wider range of everyday use cases and made the device more valuable to more people. Since this is such a huge feature with a wide range of possibilities, and it finally delivers on what users were expecting from launch, then I think that should go right along with how the r1 was (and is) branded as “$199 -No Subscriptions”. Considering how DLAM is such a major upgrade to the r1, I would count it as part of the core device at this stage.
It is an incredible feature that everyone deserves to have full open access to and I sincerely hope it stays that way.
Please keep DLAM free forever!