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> I would have bought a Sonos instead of an Apple Homepod because I thought they were more "open". But if the manufacturer can just make my device useless, I'm

> I would have bought a Sonos instead of an Apple Homepod because I thought they were more "open". But if the manufacturer can just make my device useless, I'm not interested. Nope, it’s just iOS updates that brick HomePods.

kirstenbirgit 7y ago
That was a bug, not a 'feature' like Recycle Mode.
- sm4rk0 7y ago
  Anyway, you should be aware of risk when buying a piece of hardware which depends on a service (like OTA updates or cloud connection).
- kristianc 7y ago
  Incidentally, iOS has a remote kill switch as a feature too.
jakobegger 7y ago
Yes. Just to be clear, I'm going to buy neither a Homepod nor a Sonos. I think I'm going to get dumb speakers and a Raspberry/Hifiberry. Shairplay does 90% of what I want a smart speaker to do, and I think a Raspberry is a pretty future proof device.
- vinw 7y ago
  You should also take a look at snapcast as an open Sonos alternative that can run on raspberry pi. https://github.com/badaix/snapcast https://github.com/badaix/snapcast