ReadyNAS OS 6.10.10 released

I’m actually quite surprised there’s not been more of an outcry about the OS-6 update. It really seems ludicrous to me that users cannot now easily update, or install, apps via what was ‘an easy to use interface’ and that users may have to resort to, what feels to me like, ‘hacking’ - using SSH ‘root’ access and the such-like to keep Apps updated and maybe more secure.

It’s not like these NAS storage devices were ever cheap to buy in the first place either.

I’ve decided to just never ‘knowingly’ buy a Netgear product again. They are not so exclusive, that I can easily go elsewhere for a similar product Netgear now manufacture,  but that’s just my own personal way of retribution for this. I doubt that it will ever bother Netgear that much, but I really do want them to know that they have lost me as a potential future customer. It’s just my own way of dealing the issue

Just to clarify too, I’m not advocating others follow my chosen path, that’s entirely a matter for the individual.

I just see the upgrade as rather a poor decision, particularly from a customer-relations perspective.