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I'm pretty sure Synology does not manufacture hard drives. So you can't buy 3rd party HDDs --- but Synology can? Looks likes a blatant FU to the customer was

I'm pretty sure Synology does not manufacture hard drives. So you can't buy 3rd party HDDs --- but Synology can? Looks likes a blatant FU to the customer was returned in kind.

aranw 1y ago
I believe they were basically saying a set list of approved hard drives
- jqpabc123 1y ago
  So you're saying the photo of a Synology branded (rebranded) 4TB HDD from the article is fake?
  - aranw 1y ago
    No I wasn't saying it was fake. I believe that was one of the approved but rebranded drives You can find the compatible drives here https://www.synology.com/en-uk/compatibility https://www.synology.com/en-uk/compatibility
- tunney 1y ago
  No, it was their drives or nothing. The only approved ones were theirs. I am also a long term Synology user is is shopping around for a different brand for my replacement.
mkl 1y ago
They rebrand drives made by Toshiba and Seagate: https://github.com/007revad/Synology_enable_M2_volume/wiki/Synology-HDDs-and-SSDs https://github.com/007revad/Synology_enable_M2_volume/wiki/S..., https://nascompares.com/guide/synology-hard-drives-and-ssds-vs-seagate-wd-toshiba-and-everyone-else/#:~:text=Synology%20rebrands%20OEM%20hardware%20from%20established%20vendors https://nascompares.com/guide/synology-hard-drives-and-ssds-...
bapak 1y ago
What is there to understand? They want to sell you the drives directly. This is extremely common practice, see ink cartridges.
- jqpabc123 1y ago
  I think I understand. Synology willingly chose to emulate one of the most anti-consumer products on the planet. And now I won't buy Synology for the same reason I won't buy ink jet.
numpad0 1y ago
This is actually not that rare. Enterprise server vendors always carried exorbitantly priced third party HDDs in plastic shells effectively as brand merches. But servers are contractor managed and/or severely discounted, so no perceivable harm is usually done. The differences here are that they actually implemented software checks, for devices bought at MSRP. And so harm is felt.

I'm pretty sure Synology does not manufacture hard drives. So you can't buy 3rd party HDDs --- but Synology can? Looks likes a blatant FU to the customer was returned in kind.

aranw 1y ago

I believe they were basically saying a set list of approved hard drives

jqpabc123 1y ago
So you're saying the photo of a Synology branded (rebranded) 4TB HDD from the article is fake?
- aranw 1y ago
  No I wasn't saying it was fake. I believe that was one of the approved but rebranded drives You can find the compatible drives here https://www.synology.com/en-uk/compatibility https://www.synology.com/en-uk/compatibility
tunney 1y ago
No, it was their drives or nothing. The only approved ones were theirs. I am also a long term Synology user is is shopping around for a different brand for my replacement.

mkl 1y ago

They rebrand drives made by Toshiba and Seagate: https://github.com/007revad/Synology_enable_M2_volume/wiki/Synology-HDDs-and-SSDs https://github.com/007revad/Synology_enable_M2_volume/wiki/S..., https://nascompares.com/guide/synology-hard-drives-and-ssds-vs-seagate-wd-toshiba-and-everyone-else/#:~:text=Synology%20rebrands%20OEM%20hardware%20from%20established%20vendors https://nascompares.com/guide/synology-hard-drives-and-ssds-...

bapak 1y ago

What is there to understand? They want to sell you the drives directly. This is extremely common practice, see ink cartridges.

jqpabc123 1y ago
I think I understand. Synology willingly chose to emulate one of the most anti-consumer products on the planet. And now I won't buy Synology for the same reason I won't buy ink jet.

numpad0 1y ago

This is actually not that rare. Enterprise server vendors always carried exorbitantly priced third party HDDs in plastic shells effectively as brand merches. But servers are contractor managed and/or severely discounted, so no perceivable harm is usually done. The differences here are that they actually implemented software checks, for devices bought at MSRP. And so harm is felt.