Last self-reply on this, I promise: If I would have to GUESS here is the explanation to this incorrect story: AFAIK there is not SATA SSD vendor left on the m

Last self-reply on this, I promise: If I would have to GUESS here is the explanation to this incorrect story: AFAIK there is not SATA SSD vendor left on the market besides some left-over stock put into enclosures by some chinese companies. This means Synology will no longer have the option to force you to buy "compatible" SSDs, because they themselves can not source them. So my GUESS (not backed up by proper research) is: They had to lift this requirement in hiding because they made it impossible to follow their extortion instructions.