▲ 754 ▼ Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life (arstechnica.com) submitted 10 months ago by yesman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 60 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 42 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] BeyondRuby@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (2 children) You sound like an extremist brother. If they lie and dont do it (seems like they already have made it open-source) then get mad. But it sounds like you are upset because you got screwed by Sonos and Bose actually are attempting to do the right thing for their customers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NovaTheFluf@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 10 months ago (1 child) Thing is they didn't actually open-source it, as stated in other comments. They just released the api documentation. While, yes, it is a step in the correct direction, it is definitely not open-source. Open source would be releasing the source code for all the software involved, which they haven't done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* I wasn’t affected by the Sonos App fiasco because I don’t use it. I mostly use the speakers through Spotify, and occasionally through Home Assistant. I only need the app to set my wake schedule but once it was done, I didn’t need to go back. Won’t this allow the same? With the API, you should be able to continue using your speakers with local automation, assuming someone wants to implement that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] phx@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) That kinda sucks, especially since even the older ones work with Home Assistant etc directly now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Not without internet access and Sonos cloud servers, it doesn't... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phx@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago I think that the cloud system might be needed to initially pair the speaker to a network+account, but apart from that no. The speakers in my media network are not allowed Internet access. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeyondRuby@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (2 children) You sound like an extremist brother. If they lie and dont do it (seems like they already have made it open-source) then get mad. But it sounds like you are upset because you got screwed by Sonos and Bose actually are attempting to do the right thing for their customers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NovaTheFluf@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 10 months ago (1 child) Thing is they didn't actually open-source it, as stated in other comments. They just released the api documentation. While, yes, it is a step in the correct direction, it is definitely not open-source. Open source would be releasing the source code for all the software involved, which they haven't done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* I wasn’t affected by the Sonos App fiasco because I don’t use it. I mostly use the speakers through Spotify, and occasionally through Home Assistant. I only need the app to set my wake schedule but once it was done, I didn’t need to go back. Won’t this allow the same? With the API, you should be able to continue using your speakers with local automation, assuming someone wants to implement that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NovaTheFluf@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 10 months ago (1 child) Thing is they didn't actually open-source it, as stated in other comments. They just released the api documentation. While, yes, it is a step in the correct direction, it is definitely not open-source. Open source would be releasing the source code for all the software involved, which they haven't done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* I wasn’t affected by the Sonos App fiasco because I don’t use it. I mostly use the speakers through Spotify, and occasionally through Home Assistant. I only need the app to set my wake schedule but once it was done, I didn’t need to go back. Won’t this allow the same? With the API, you should be able to continue using your speakers with local automation, assuming someone wants to implement that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* I wasn’t affected by the Sonos App fiasco because I don’t use it. I mostly use the speakers through Spotify, and occasionally through Home Assistant. I only need the app to set my wake schedule but once it was done, I didn’t need to go back. Won’t this allow the same? With the API, you should be able to continue using your speakers with local automation, assuming someone wants to implement that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phx@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) That kinda sucks, especially since even the older ones work with Home Assistant etc directly now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Not without internet access and Sonos cloud servers, it doesn't... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phx@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago I think that the cloud system might be needed to initially pair the speaker to a network+account, but apart from that no. The speakers in my media network are not allowed Internet access. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Not without internet access and Sonos cloud servers, it doesn't... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phx@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago I think that the cloud system might be needed to initially pair the speaker to a network+account, but apart from that no. The speakers in my media network are not allowed Internet access. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phx@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago I think that the cloud system might be needed to initially pair the speaker to a network+account, but apart from that no. The speakers in my media network are not allowed Internet access. permalink fedilink source parent