> but am assuming 'cast or airplay' refers to the method used by mobile devices to redirect AV streams to different devices. Yes, thank you for phrasing it be

> but am assuming 'cast or airplay' refers to the method used by mobile devices to redirect AV streams to different devices. Yes, thank you for phrasing it better. I don't think what you said is 100% true. I have an old chromecast that is capable of playing Spotify without the "spotify client" (i assume you mean spodifyd). From what I understand about chromecast is that it uses a "cast protocol" (?) and therefore doesn't require "clients" (xyzd) for each media service integration. Unsure about airplay though. I imagine the reason they chose to use this spotifyd approach might be - There is no "cast client" or "airplay client" available - Audio properties of the Spotifyd client are superior to the alternatives - They only use spotify - just because they wanted to Yup, i understand the idea behind these clients and why they're superior to bluetooth.