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Any fellow soylentils early adopters of Sonos sound systems?
In May, Sonos will stop providing software updates for its oldest products, and they'll no longer receive any new features. The decision impacts "legacy" devices that are currently part of the company's trade-up program, including all Sonos Zone Players, the Connect and Connect:Amp, the first-generation Play:5, the CR200 controller, and the Bridge. It's important to note that with the Connect and Connect:Amp, this only applies to devices manufactured between 2011 and 2015. Newer hardware revisions will continue receiving updates.
"Without new software updates, access to services and overall functionality of your sound system will eventually be disrupted, particularly as partners evolve their technology," Sonos warned in a blog post today. The company says customers can choose to either keep using these products after support ends — they should continue functioning in the near-term — or replace them with a modern Sonos product at a discount.
Read more at The Verge.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by jelizondo on Wednesday January 22 2020, @02:26PM
It started when we 'accepted' Software as a Service (SaaS) and now has morphed into Hardware as a Service.
Can't own anything now: the tractor, the smartphone, the speakers; everything is owned by the Man and you just pay rent.
And we call it Progress.