[InsideOutSanta]

I would count supported third-party apps like SyncThing as part of the app ecosystem. You can add the SynoCommunity repository to your Synology and install SyncThing directly, which is pretty nice.

It's a bit more convenient than how other solutions, like Unraid, handle this, where you manually configure a Docker container.

[shantara]

That’s true, but it’s only relevant for the initial setup. I wouldn’t think twice about giving up something so minor compared with the sheer anticompetitive nature of Synology locking down the devices.