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It's interesting that he repeatedly refers to Sonos as a "traditional speaker manufacturer" which isn't something I would have accused Sonos of being
by nebulous1 8y ago
It's interesting that he repeatedly refers to Sonos as a "traditional speaker manufacturer" which isn't something I would have accused Sonos of being
- CamperBob2 8y agoSonos was a manufacturer of wireless remote speakers in the BC (Before Cloud) era. They had a good reputation until they got religion and started frog-marching their users into the cloud against their will. Pretty much every mention of Sonos I've seen online has been associated with complaints about that, e.g. http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/sonos-holding-their-users-hostage-cloud-account-now-required/msg1624717/#msg1624717 http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/sonos-holding-their-users-... and https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/save-the-cr100-6800510/ https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/s... . So they appear to be a leading-edge wireless speaker manufacturer who woke up one day and found themselves to be a little less leading-edge than they thought they were. They are now trying to make up for lost ground by using Amazon's IP and storefront to compete with... Amazon. So I can see why the author of the article is bearish on these guys.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoThe parents point still stands: Sonos were always wireless remote speakers, as far as I recall. Sonos was what you had when you wanted steaming audio around the home well before it became popular with the advent of these new tangled gadgets.
- tunap 8y ago"new tangled gadgets" Is that a typo or is it a new(to me) adjective? Curiously apropos, regardless.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoDamn touchscreens and their auto-incorrect. It was intended to be newfangled. I coin a new term: tapographical error
- ymolodtsov 8y agoThey aren’t exactly competing. I suppose Amazon is pretty fine with them using Alexa as they bring it to more homes that way.