Yeah, not having a totally full backup is arguably “on me” (I actually do, just not from right before the upgrade, and not having physical access to my NAS nor my offline backup for months complicates things, but that’s really my problem).
But I dare you to show me the release notes mentioning the official drop of 32-bit systems even in the fine print. I did do my research beforehand, I didn’t come across any mention; I did specifically search for it in all the announcements and the changelog after burning myself, and found none. So, I still think it wasn’t communicated properly.
Not a single mention.
And yeah, about “unfounded assumption”. I specifically wrote “assume”, so I’m still in the clear. And that’s specifically why I asked about the numbers, if there are any. I would, again, assume that tech geeks vastly underestimate the amout of people that aren’t geeks, who, if they have a perfectly working NAS from 6 years ago, then won’t go and spend money on replacing it with the latest and greatest, just for the hell of it.
All I was asking for is a hard-to-miss warning after such a substantial change; and in lack thereof, some pointers to help myself out of this mess. What I got instead was “you didn’t do your homework, you’re all on your own, kid”. I’m “chewing everyone out” because of this, not because I messed up.