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Didn't Synology just walk back the whole "first party drives only" thing?

Yes. Synology introduced the requirement to use first-party drives earlier this year and it was such an unmitigated disaster for them that they rolled it back just a couple of days ago.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/synology-caves-walks...

Discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45513485

Once trust is lost, it is lost for good.

Never buying Synology, they will do it again in various ways, same or otherwise.

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