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May 28, 2023

Unsolicited advertising when using Sonos SW

  • May 28, 2023
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I don’t think iti is fair to impose to the buyers of sonos speakers unsolicited advertising.
It isn’t consistent with the idea that we have bought top of the line speakers.
It isn’t consistent with proper customer care and… have you listened to the ads?
In German and Italian they are unbelievably primitive.  Truly ugly stuff.
I don’t think it is a money spinner for sonos. Just a stupid embarassment.

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melvimbe
melvimbe
May 30, 2023

I’m afraid that modern, user friendly, App driven electronics is mostly advertising financed. User financed consumer Apps are not widely used because there is likely something similar that is “free”. 

 

 

Somewhat true.  I think the fact that Apple/Google take a signficant cut off user based profit plays a big factor as well.  Then there are those that finance via required hardware sales, like Sonos, and other smart home related product. 

 

Specifically for music, the most viable ad free option is an old style stereo system and a CD library. Fortunately, CD’s don’t have the space or bandwidth for modern, multimedia advertising. The public is not helping their case by freely copying and sharing their CD’s. Copy and sharing resulted in the demise of a few Gaming platforms. A few people bought the Game, yet “everyone” was playing. It’s somewhat more trouble to deal with LP’s and copying an LP to an LP is not very practical at home. (This is possible if you dig around.) While there is a small group of enthusiastic LP fans, I don’t think that the market will return to its former luster. 

 

 

I am mixed on this.  While I completely agree that artists should be compensated for their work, there definitely was a period where production companies were overcharging consumers when they didn’t have to produce any physical product.  That changed when Apple worked out a deal to sell tracks for a $1, and pirating dwindled down rather quickly.  I’d also argue that much of what gets pirated is content that a user would have purchased anyway.

 

Regarding games, the issue seems to be somewhat resolved with user accounts and micro transactions within games.

 

 

Unfortunately, if you want Atmos music, you need to go to DVD or Blu-ray and it’s been a while since I’ve come across a Blu-ray without a big block of ads at the beginning. Sometimes you can skip through the ads, sometimes not.

 

Outside of streaming service?

Danny
buzz
buzz
Grand Maestro
May 30, 2023

Mostly, it’s the monthly service fees that are chafing people. Another chaff is the effort needed to learn something new.

Bluetooth and AirPlay are wildly popular. For some people they seem to “just work”. I find them to be quirky, especially with the iPad, and avoid them as much as possible. 

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