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Consumer NAS devices is a lost plot point either way.
Buy a 2nd hand thinkpad or a gaming PC for basically the same price as synology tray and you'll have not only a NAS but a full home server that'll last you a decade and play video games as an extra.
That's fine for us techy people, but my parents would not be able to do that.
Not sure if proprietary NAS tools are any easier tbh
I think the IT consumer culture is just lazy. If you don't know how to fix your sink you'd call in a plumber but if your home server breaks ppl just sit and whine how tech is too hard rather than you know paying someone to do the job for them.
They are significantly easier to use.
According to whom? Distros like omv are incredibly easy and once setup basically 100% hands off and will last you for years without any proprietary shit that might break at any point after 1 year warranty expires.
People like my parents. I feel like I'm explaining in circles here lol.
OMV is not easy for the average person, you have to know how to boot and install an OS, how to access something on your network via IP, how to assign a static IP, what raid type to use (or not use), how to install and configure something like Nextcloud to access and sync files, where to store files on the filesystem, how to install and configure backups to remote storage.. I could go on.
Something as common as having a Google drive type interface on a NAS is very complex with OMV and other open source options.