Synology has backtracked on one of its most unpopular decisions in years. After seeing NAS sales plummet in 2025, the company has decided to lift restrictions that forced users to buy its own Synology hard drives.
Starting to think that companies are all competing on a secretive Achievements Global Leaderboard.
Synology finally unlocked: “Hubris - only 99% of other large corporations have achieved this”.
I have an old Synology NAS; which i was considering upgrading.
But…
They removed Video Station and HEVC support
Recently moved to remove all hardware transcoding
This stupid HD restriction
The decision to once again cheap out on hardware. My Synology is about as powerful as a first-gen Netbook. Newer models aren’t much of a step-up. I’m surprised they opted to upgrade networking to 2.5gbe, probably pressure from competitors.
Edit: from a comment, the e-waste builds with non-upgradeable RAM
Yes the software is easy and reliable to use, but the fact that I only need to interact with it a few times a year, means it’s no longer a selling point for me.
Starting to think that companies are all competing on a secretive Achievements Global Leaderboard.
Synology finally unlocked: “Hubris - only 99% of other large corporations have achieved this”.
I have an old Synology NAS; which i was considering upgrading.
But…
Yes the software is easy and reliable to use, but the fact that I only need to interact with it a few times a year, means it’s no longer a selling point for me.