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Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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