paulk91

I can understand why Synology did this.  I have been burnt (pretty bad) by buying four high volume drives that were marketed by Western Digital as "NAS" drives, and that totally failed hard in my Synology.  The compatibility requirements are really very fiddly and opaque for me as a very savvy prosumer.  Not an expert, but definitely in the weeds in detail.  The level of detail required to ensure that drives are compatible is crazy - many vendor sites for HDD don't have the level of precision necessary - don't show all of model specs or swap out as interchangeable minor differences without disclosing it.  I lost hundreds on those unreliable drives.

Personally, have been bitten by Western Digital cutting corners, I view this as potentially similar to the "Apple tax" on memory but more understandable.  People may kvetch about it, but it's hard for Synology to not lose their brand reputation if Western Digital can't be trusted.

Just got an order for season 2.  Will be a prequel - taking place about 10 years earlier.   Title is "Zune"