[Jaepa]

They did that though. They have doubled down and told the users they were wrong & that this was a needed

Eventually relenting because of the consequences isn't a laudable accomplishment. Also it very much appears as they not really relenting, just trying to recover some PR

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Synology-only-partially-removes...

[b3lvedere]

I stand corrected. Thank you. I was under the assumption you could use any type of drive from any brand now again. It appears i assumed wrong. Just use any SSD brand, but forced to use Synology branded platter HDDs is not quite acceptable.

[Jaepa]

My guess is that the confusion is very much the point.