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Synology brings severe hard drive limitations to DiskStation models, and I'm pissed
Synology starts enforcing the use of its own hard drives in upcoming Plus series NAS models.
Synology started enforcing this on its business-centric NAS models back in 2021 — which is incidentally when it introduced its own drives — but it mentioned at the time that the move wouldn't affect the consumer DiskStation series. But at the same time, the brand significantly reduced the number of eligible third-party IronWolf and WD Red models, and now it is entirely walking back earlier claims and limiting its DiskStation Plus series to its own drives. Synology says it is making this change to "reduce compatibility issues and increase system reliability," but the real reason has to do with money — the brand would rather you buy its own drives instead of Seagate and WD's products.
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