“Okay, I found a great NAS made by another company.”
D-Link: “No, wait!”
this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2024
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Doesn't matter to the D-Link bean counters. Either case is a non-sale to them. Never mind that they tank whatever is left of their already terrible reputation, all they care about is immediate shareholder revenue generation, and spending money maintaining software for older hardware is a loss to them.
The article didn't specify how old the affected models are, but any time you use an all-in-one device with proprietary software, you take the risk of this happening.
To some extent, you can't really blame the manufacturers for this, either. They can't reasonably continue maintaining software for their products for an indefinite period of time. As an extreme example, I wouldn't expect the old Linksys wifi router I used in 2004 to still be receiving firmware updates.
My NAS hardware is relatively ancient, but it's regular server hardware running TrueNAS. If TrueNAS suddenly stops getting updates, there's UnRaid, or just Linux. It really goes to show the advantage of using generic hardware with open software.
you can't really blame the manufacturers for this, either. They can't reasonably continue maintaining software for their products for an indefinite period of time.
Shh, anytime I say this about Windows I get people coming out of the woodwork that say Windows 7 should be supported 15 years later.
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Meanwhile Synology keeps updating my ageing NAS.
They may not have the best bang for the buck for hardware but their software package is really well put together.
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And other reasons why closed-source firmware can go fuck itself.
So now more buying D-link anymore