Re: very unfortunate move,
... using the GUI, and accessing the NAS via its standard network file systems.
However, if you connect via ssh/rsync, the file system permits every account on the box to read and write any file. I've tested this extensively and have tried to get that behaviour to cooperate to no avail. It's also commented on in various NAS fora.
If Synology thinks they can ditch a standard rights implementation because it apparently makes their life easier in some way or whatever, then fsck them