[HN Gopher] Heartbroken by the Sonos App Disaster and What's Hap...
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       Heartbroken by the Sonos App Disaster and What's Happened to the
       Company
        
       Author : RyeCombinator
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-09-02 21:07 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | ryndbfsrw wrote:
       | I feel certain products just dont need apps or 'tech'. Speakers
       | should not be 'smart' anymore than a powertool needs an app. It
       | just turns products that should otherwise be long-lasting become
       | disposable waste once software support evaporates for any reason.
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       | I dont think it was a good product even back when it did 'work'.
       | We received a pair as a house-warming gift and I remember not
       | understanding how or why I should use them. I already had a
       | soundbar that I could stream music to. I now, out of politeness,
       | had to use these new "wireless" speakers that demanded a constant
       | wifi connection but still required their own _Very Visible_ power
       | cables along with its own dedicated app which was nothing but a
       | wrapper for music services that logged me out after every
       | software update. I couldn 't even use it as a dumb speaker and
       | operate it as part of my main sound system so now I have a
       | soundbar that is nicely mounted to the wall and additionally
       | these speakers that clutter my living room. Lovely.
        
         | zamadatix wrote:
         | I don't mind devices that have "smarts" added (e.g. wireless
         | audio can be convenience even if I have to have a wire for
         | power) but I despise devices which don't check the "dumb" boxes
         | before trying to be "smart". Sonos speakers are like you say,
         | there are even plenty of Sonos models with line in but you
         | still need to set them up in app. Getting smart devices without
         | that kind of functionality is like getting a TV without an HDMI
         | input - even if you don't think you'd need it day 1 you'll
         | likely one day regret it.
        
       | nfriedly wrote:
       | I recently set up shairport-sync[0] on a pair of Raspberry Pi's
       | w/ USB DACs and nice speakers to get multi-room audio from Apple
       | music. It's pretty nice!
       | 
       | It definitely was a bit of a process to set up, but well
       | documented and much less painful than what this sounds like.
       | 
       | I also put headless plexamp on one, which lets me play my music
       | from Plex, although I haven't gotten around to putting it on the
       | other one yet for multi-room audio.
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       | [0] : https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
        
       | aredox wrote:
       | Enshitification will continue until morale improves.
        
       | tikkun wrote:
       | Sonos owner; I strongly dislike it. I disliked it on the old app,
       | too. Will get Apple homepods next.
        
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