Hard to say. I'd bet there was a decent chance the eng team stridently warned the execs about what would happen and got overruled. https://arstechnica.com/gad

Hard to say. I'd bet there was a decent chance the eng team stridently warned the execs about what would happen and got overruled. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/it-was-the-wrong-decision-employees-discuss-sonos-rushed-app-debacle/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/it-was-the-wrong-dec... In particular > Employees claimed that Sonos’ desire to get new customers and please investors was becoming more important than ensuring that old hardware would work properly with the new app. That sure sounds like this was a deliberate choice. That said, I suspect Sonos' market has mostly disappeared. A decade ago I paid $400+ to get streaming audio; now a lot of people are happy with Spotify Connect and $200 google speakers or a $50 refurb echo 4.