Synology's latest headline features are only available to people using solely Synology's own hard drives. A year ago, they tried to make it so that you couldn'

Synology's latest headline features are only available to people using solely Synology's own hard drives. A year ago, they tried to make it so that you couldn't create a new RAID volume unless it used only first-person drives.[0] Then they walked that back to allow you to use normal Seagate and WD, etc., drvies.[1] It seems they've reverted locking new features to their own hardware. After that first move, I swore I was done buying Synology hardware. After they relaxed, I was willing to consider that they'd learned from customer feedback and abandoned this scheme. Now? This is the future they're racing toward and I want no part of it. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43734706 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43734706 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45513485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45513485