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Added impact summary, filled in product category a bit (Already organized for future incidents surrounding other products)
Consumer-impact summary: Added QNAP and UGreen as competitors
 
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==Consumer-impact summary==
==Consumer-impact summary==


* User freedom: Has revoked ability to use off-brand hard drives from modern NAS models.<ref name=":0" />
*User freedom: Has revoked ability to use off-brand hard drives from modern NAS models.<ref name=":0" />
* User privacy: Unknown.
*User privacy: Unknown.
* Business model: Selling digital storage devices to consumers.
*Business model: Selling digital storage devices to consumers.
* Market control: Limited; notable amount of competition from other brands such as [[Western Digital]], [[Samsung]], and [[SanDisk]].
*Market control: Limited; notable amount of competition from other brands such as QNAP, UGreen, [[Western Digital]], [[Samsung]], and [[SanDisk]].


==Incidents==
==Incidents==
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==Products==
==Products==


=== Network Attached Storage (NAS) / Storage Area Network (SAN): ===
===Network Attached Storage (NAS) / Storage Area Network (SAN):===


* [[Plus-Series NAS]]: In 2025, new Plus-Series NAS systems can only [[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS|support proprietary hard drives]].  
*[[Plus-Series NAS]]: In 2025, new Plus-Series NAS systems can only [[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS|support proprietary hard drives]].


=== Backup/Recovery ===
===Backup/Recovery===


* No relevant products for wiki yet
*No relevant products for wiki yet


=== Surveillance ===
===Surveillance===


* No relevant products for wiki yet
*No relevant products for wiki yet


=== Routers ===
===Routers===


* No relevant products for wiki yet
*No relevant products for wiki yet


==See also==
==See also==