Vincent says "Our cloud data is absolutely secure, so you don't need to worry"
What the fuck does a WiFi Access Point need a cloud connection and an account for? Other than spying on me?
Well, it was possible without this a few firmware updates ago.
I did some more research: The device has the exact same hardware as the 3x more expensive one you actually own, just other firmware.
Fuck you, TP-Link!
Looks like it might be supported by OpenWrt soon: https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tp-link_festa_f52-outdoor_v1
Status: Device support is proposed in OpenWrt PR #24903 and depends on firmware-utils PR #74. Neither PR has been merged at the time this draft was checked. No official OpenWrt image is linked here. Do not flash an EAP225-Outdoor image to the F52-Outdoor merely because their hardware is similar.