Post #2290615

2026-05-09 15:34 UTC

You may be out of the loop, but Synology walked that back after the backlash they got. You can use any drive again.

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@folekaule@lemmy.world 2026-05-09 20:07

I read that they walked it back but only partially. And the fact they tried it tells me they can’t be trusted with my data. They also make it very difficult to move your data off their NAS once it’s on there, because everything is proprietary. Your best option remains open source with commodity hardware. Had I known what I know now in 2023, I would have probably just built a low power PC server with TruNAS.

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@LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 2026-05-11 15:16

But then they turned around and locked down their security camera license. They’re not great, but they are still really simple to set up for a novice. I wouldn’t recommend them to someone with the knowledge and patience to roll their own, but for a family who just needs a plug and play alternative to Google/Apple/Etc. cloud, they’re pretty easy.

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