• WhirlybirdBanned
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    You’re going to have to change that system, because this is just people flying off half cocked and not getting the full details.

    Headline: “Synology requires self-branded drives”

    Reality: “Synology removes health check feature for non-synology-branded drives, but they still work fine”

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      1 month ago

      Still enough to make me seek solutions elsewhere. Ultimately, the hedged version is headed in the same direction.

      Not enough people considering / remembering why FOSS exists in the first place as all these companies enshittify.

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        1 month ago

        That’s up to you to decide I guess, but it means that you can buy an upcoming plus series synology nas and put all fresh new Iron Wolf/WD Red/etc drives in it without issue.

        I don’t really think it’s a sign that they’re going to completely lock them down any time soon as they know that would completely destroy their non-corporate side of the business.

        I’ve contemplated making my own NAS, but the synology hardware and software is just unbeatable for the price and effort imo.

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          I don’t really think it’s a sign that they’re going to completely lock them down any time soon as they know that would completely destroy their non-corporate side of the business.

          Ultimately then we disagree on how far clueless execs will go to chase that endless growth. But we can agree to disagree.