So discussion is out of the equation.....
There are a few ads ok. so you going to move to Synology or Thuecus because of it, really?
I hope everyone that is ** about a few ads on a NAS is also going to do the following:
1. move house because your get junk mail in the post,
2. change your email address because of spam emails,
3. change your web browser because you seen an advert?
4. dont visit a website because of adverts?
5. turn your TV off when adverts come on?
6. go find something more meaningful that a little ad in the corner of a GUI since you spend less than 1% of your entire lives logged into the GUI.
I'm sorry but this type of knee jerk reaction is laughable. Complain to QNAP by all means, submit a ticket, move on..
Personally, I seen 2 ads, so what? I found where it resided, renamed the folder, and that is it fixed. I then moved on with life.
dont let a few ads turn into you into ** fest for the rest of your existence - please.