I was about to buy some Sonos stuff but asked if I needed to go online to activate them (I claimed I did not have internet), and sure enough, an internet connection is a requirement. So sorry Sonos, I am buying an appliance which I expect to function independent of your company for years to come. If that can not be guaranteed then my money will stay in my pocket and I will continue to use my open-source cobbled together solution even if it is slightly less polished and convenient.
Sonos is intentionally making the internet requirement more onerous.
About a year ago, they started requiring you to create an account to add new speakers. Now, the app is displaying threats to remotely disable my $2800 speaker setup if I don’t create an account.
The funny thing is that I plan to more than double the system, and they’ve severely pissed me off (if they’re now willing to pull basic functionality, what do they plan in the future?)
Anyway, it occurred to me that, with the right software, you can probably get comparable audio quality for much less of a markup with a raspberry pi, and maybe an external DAC.
I don’t have time to write the software, but maybe someone else does.
(And, no, amazon/google/apple’s competitive offerings aren’t an attractive option for me)
I’m bearish on the 12 months post-IPO because they’re intentionally creating a user revolt to juice the pre-IPO finances.
Here is a link to a thread with people that have better reasons to be annoyed than me: https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/w...