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As a result, you can’t fully tailor your NAS to your needs, and many Docker containers simply won’t run because the kernel is too old.",[528,610,612],{"id":611},"total-vendor-lock-in","Total Vendor Lock-In",[400,614,615,616,618],{},"“I’m fine with the built-in apps.”",[600,617],{},"\nYeah, I thought so too… until my needs exploded: media center, password manager, Git hosting, strong authentication, web hosting, and more.",[400,620,621,622,625],{},"Why stay stuck with half-baked proprietary tools when you can rely on ",[395,623,624],{},"open-source projects"," that are regularly updated and interoperable?",[400,627,628,629,632,633,636,637,642],{},"And what happens when the manufacturer decides to drop support or limit hardware compatibility? It’s already happened, Synology made certain drives ",[395,630,631],{},"incompatible"," unless they were “certified” by them. 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