[zbowling]

synology doens't even compete with synology anymore because all the new hardware requires locked in synology drives now.

It's creating a void that is getting filled with Ugreen, Minisforum, beelink, Aoostor for invoative platforms from China and classic competitors like Qnap, Asustor, Teramaster, etc for innovation for the small to mid-tier needs. 45drives in the larger spaces for folks wanting to manage things more on their own but have enterprise scale needs. Dell and HP have always competed on the high-end enterprise space and also becoming a better option, even though synology is so easy as an appliance.

[rpcope1]

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

[sam_bristow]

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...

[fmajid]

Once trust is lost, it is lost for good.