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Re:Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move by izacus on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @06:47AM (#43760731)
I heard its about EU CYA directive, which requires IoT companies to deploy security patches in firmware within X months of those patches being released.

This would explain why they'd only want to support HDD models the Synology OS can flash firmware updates to.

(It's also convenient to get more margins.)

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Re:Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move by kstrauser on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @09:27AM (#43761875)
Nah. That wouldn’t require them to apply patches to someone else’s hardware than an end user installed after the fact. By analogy, Samsung isn't obligated to patch the firmware of an AirPods connected to it.
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