Nice to see a tech company actually getting punished for their anti-consumer policies.
I first heard about this update from Cory Doctorow’s newsletter: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/10/synology/#how-about-nah
The post about the original policy: https://hexbear.net/post/4619813
ugreen seems mildly cheaper with better processors
i don’t understand why it’s hard to shove snapdragon with crazy transcode power into those things, ideal application. (that is if you want a small boy, cause sourcing mini motherboards with laptop chips, single 12v plug and 4 sata ports and enclosure is a pain and cost roughly as much as those dumb things, even if they shouldn’t)
Security is the main issue if you keep it open to the internet.