Maybe I'm wrong but doesn't SFP evolve pretty heavily here? The newest version is from --2022-- 2016. There are also quite high data-rates involved. SATA and Smart are stable for a long time. Smart has some special commands depending on manufacturer but the core set of functions always work.

I think we would all be OK with a "please don't buy list" of HDDs that are well known to cause problems. "Model X of Manufacturer Y doesn't work well. Please buy something else."

They did not opt for this. They opted for "you have to buy our own overpriced drives". TBH this is quite sad. I recommended Synology to some people before... Feels like I have to walk back on my word.