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D-Link refuses to patch yet another security flaw, suggests users just buy new routers — D-Link told users to replace NAS last week (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yup, and that's why I largely recommend DIY. If you commit to DIY, you will do the necessary research to not get too ripped off, and you can usually start w/ stuff you have laying around anyway. In my case, I upgraded my old Phenom II from 15 years ago to a Ryzen 1700, so I used the old Phenom PC as my NAS and just needed to buy some drives (got WD Reds). I have since upgraded my 1700, so now that's what's in my NAS.

If you're unwilling to put in the work to DIY, I recommend cloud services instead. This solves two problems:

  • unsophisticated NAS owner likely won't do regular offsite backups
  • no hardware to get screwed on

So either commit to DIY, or use off-the-shelf cloud products. I cannot recommend anything in between.