They’re really bad at walking things back. I had a previous model that ran fine with whatever drives I wanted to use. They changed things with a software update to that unit. It’s completely a...
They’re really bad at walking things back. I had a previous model that ran fine with whatever drives I wanted to use. They changed things with a software update to that unit. It’s completely a software decision.
It's funny because I was going to get a Synology NAS, but then they rolled this crap out. It's too late. I already got a qnap. Lol. Still satisfied with the choice. If they're going to pull this...
It's funny because I was going to get a Synology NAS, but then they rolled this crap out. It's too late. I already got a qnap. Lol.
Still satisfied with the choice. If they're going to pull this kind of crap once, who's to say it won't be something else like this later?
This is always my opinion on companies that do the right thing after getting caught doing the wrong thing. Unless there's a major regime change, their values haven't changed so they will continue...
If they're going to pull this kind of crap once, who's to say it won't be something else like this later?
This is always my opinion on companies that do the right thing after getting caught doing the wrong thing. Unless there's a major regime change, their values haven't changed so they will continue to look for ways to harm the consumer for fun and profit.
I think there's an exception for companies that respond overwhelmingly. The best recent example of this is No Man's Sky - the game released really shoddy and Bethesda-ish, but Hello Games have...
I think there's an exception for companies that respond overwhelmingly. The best recent example of this is No Man's Sky - the game released really shoddy and Bethesda-ish, but Hello Games have spent basically the last decade fixing that.
Companies that only do the right thing for profit reasons will generally only do enough to be publicly considered to have done the right thing, then they'll move on. Companies that genuinely didn't want to do the wrong thing, and regret their past action, will take a jackhammer to their mistake and do everything they possibly can to make amends.
I was really excited about No Man's Sky before it released, and then really disappointed to see what it was at release. I didn't end up buying it until about 5 years ago when real multiplayer was...
I was really excited about No Man's Sky before it released, and then really disappointed to see what it was at release. I didn't end up buying it until about 5 years ago when real multiplayer was added. I love the game now, and appreciate the VR support.
Unfortunately the multiplayer is still, to this day, a buggy, half-complete, tacked-on feature that was clearly not considered during the design phase.
Unfortunately the multiplayer is still, to this day, a buggy, half-complete, tacked-on feature that was clearly not considered during the design phase.
True, but it's only caused minor issues for me and my son, mostly just not being able to see the other person's base once in a while. Never had problems doing missions together.
True, but it's only caused minor issues for me and my son, mostly just not being able to see the other person's base once in a while. Never had problems doing missions together.
Louis Rossmann put out a video specifically on this issue. Just under 4 minutes, I feel he has good sentiments on this. It's not enough that they decided to stop behaving badly in this instance,...
It's not enough that they decided to stop behaving badly in this instance, there should be some form of cost to them as a company to discourage such bad faith actions in the future.
This is inherent property of closed systems. The only restriction on these kinds of moves is legislation and public perception among their market segment. They decided to walk back some but not...
This is inherent property of closed systems. The only restriction on these kinds of moves is legislation and public perception among their market segment.
They decided to walk back some but not all restrictions on some but not all of their models and can change that unilateraly at any time.
Forcing the use of only brand approved consumables and parts is a very common strategy. What is surprising is this apparently generated enough backlash to partly reverse it.
Shucking feels like such a common practice for getting larger storage volumes - on the consumer market side at least - that there's no win to be had for Synology by pulling a Keurig.
Shucking feels like such a common practice for getting larger storage volumes - on the consumer market side at least - that there's no win to be had for Synology by pulling a Keurig.
Of, never heard of that one. It really makes me wonder what these companies are thinking. With coffee it's SO EASY to buy/use a regular coffee maker (it irks me keurig's even exist) and with NAS's...
pulling a Keurig
Of, never heard of that one. It really makes me wonder what these companies are thinking. With coffee it's SO EASY to buy/use a regular coffee maker (it irks me keurig's even exist) and with NAS's there are a lot of different brands that do similar things. I don't know too much about different NAS features but it can't be worth being screwed over.
On a side note, did anyone else notice a ton of sponsored spots soon after synology initially pulled that crap? I saw a completely sponsored YouTube short from Xyla Foxlin and I don't think I've seen her doing a full on sponsored video like that before. The comments were NOT kind towards synology.
It’s worth noting that this is for the newest models, not any past models that they already applied this policy to.
Wow. I wonder if there's some actual hardware restriction or if they're really just that bad at walking back an already brand destroying decision.
They’re really bad at walking things back. I had a previous model that ran fine with whatever drives I wanted to use. They changed things with a software update to that unit. It’s completely a software decision.
Glad I never pulled the trigger on one. Probably grabbing the ubiquiti NAS now since I care a lot less about the software side.
It's funny because I was going to get a Synology NAS, but then they rolled this crap out. It's too late. I already got a qnap. Lol.
Still satisfied with the choice. If they're going to pull this kind of crap once, who's to say it won't be something else like this later?
This is always my opinion on companies that do the right thing after getting caught doing the wrong thing. Unless there's a major regime change, their values haven't changed so they will continue to look for ways to harm the consumer for fun and profit.
I think there's an exception for companies that respond overwhelmingly. The best recent example of this is No Man's Sky - the game released really shoddy and Bethesda-ish, but Hello Games have spent basically the last decade fixing that.
Companies that only do the right thing for profit reasons will generally only do enough to be publicly considered to have done the right thing, then they'll move on. Companies that genuinely didn't want to do the wrong thing, and regret their past action, will take a jackhammer to their mistake and do everything they possibly can to make amends.
I was really excited about No Man's Sky before it released, and then really disappointed to see what it was at release. I didn't end up buying it until about 5 years ago when real multiplayer was added. I love the game now, and appreciate the VR support.
Unfortunately the multiplayer is still, to this day, a buggy, half-complete, tacked-on feature that was clearly not considered during the design phase.
True, but it's only caused minor issues for me and my son, mostly just not being able to see the other person's base once in a while. Never had problems doing missions together.
I was also considering a Synology NAS. Their decision-making resulted in me getting a USB DAS instead.
They lost me as a customer when they started doing that crap years ago. I used to sell lots of their equipment, but haven't sold one since.
Louis Rossmann put out a video specifically on this issue. Just under 4 minutes, I feel he has good sentiments on this.
It's not enough that they decided to stop behaving badly in this instance, there should be some form of cost to them as a company to discourage such bad faith actions in the future.
This is inherent property of closed systems. The only restriction on these kinds of moves is legislation and public perception among their market segment.
They decided to walk back some but not all restrictions on some but not all of their models and can change that unilateraly at any time.
Forcing the use of only brand approved consumables and parts is a very common strategy. What is surprising is this apparently generated enough backlash to partly reverse it.
Shucking feels like such a common practice for getting larger storage volumes - on the consumer market side at least - that there's no win to be had for Synology by pulling a Keurig.
Of, never heard of that one. It really makes me wonder what these companies are thinking. With coffee it's SO EASY to buy/use a regular coffee maker (it irks me keurig's even exist) and with NAS's there are a lot of different brands that do similar things. I don't know too much about different NAS features but it can't be worth being screwed over.
On a side note, did anyone else notice a ton of sponsored spots soon after synology initially pulled that crap? I saw a completely sponsored YouTube short from Xyla Foxlin and I don't think I've seen her doing a full on sponsored video like that before. The comments were NOT kind towards synology.