Still best not to buy anything from Synology. To my knowledge, Synology never demoted or fired the individuals responsible for this, that means they are still working at the company and looking to scam consumers.
this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2025
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Every C-suite approved it. Might as well shut down the whole company.
They would never have fired the exec that shat that idea out. They'd fire some poor r&d sap that hasn't been putting in as much time as the others as a scapegoat.
Too little too fuckin late. Why would I recommend anyone go back to Synology? They'll just reverse course again later.
Lol
If they were surprised by the drop in sales then they do not know their target audience very well.
Yea I bought my synology like a month before this announcement. Really puts a bad taste on everything they do since then. I won’t need to upgrade for a while but when I do it will not be a Synology device.
I was just at it-sa where Synology had a booth and they put the news that certified drives are no longer required on a screen next to certified drives. I was somewhat surprised this requirement ever existed. I guess that happens when you think you're more important than you actually are.
God I hope they go bankrupt from this stupid greed. Certified drives for an expensive consumer grade stack. When I wanted a NAS and liked at their options, I always found them to be either overpriced or functionally lacking compared to an old PC of mine. Finally switched to an Odroid H4 Plus in the end. Not paying premium for a fancy case where the manufacturer decides which drives you can put into...
I think Synology forgot that NAS devices are used exclusively by power users and the NAS segment is extremely competitive (I've been using various Raspberry Pi SBCs and a pair of 7TB external HDDs since ~2018).
Synology does not have anywhere near the market power and propaganda resources of Apple/Google/Amazon etc.
They are overpriced for just the hardware but the software convenience made up for it. The drive policy change completely broke that value proposition by making everyone not trust them anymore
That only appears to apply to hard drives though.
If you want to use M.2 SSDs for your storage pool and cache, then you still need to use a Synology-certified SSD (which doesn’t necessarily mean that it needs to be Synology branded, just tested and certified).
No shit Sherlock.
Damage has already been done. They also killed apps, codecs etc.
*slow clap*