It's not you, it's just that we've allowed "journalists" to get away with this for so long. They essentially write opinion pieces as new articles with absolutely no research. : Synology is a private company, so I guess they can't use stock filings or stock prices, but they should at least quote something substantial and add to the discussion.
If they had insider leaks I would imagine they mentioned that aspect so it's possible that this part is derived from speculation.
I just went ahead and editorialized the title with the insertion of an "allegedly" since the sales drop part is unsubstantiated.
> if they say that sales plummet without actual proof it becomes poor journalism
Proof is a high ask. Evidence would be great. But here yeah, waving the premise of the article away with "some reports say" is hardly journalism.