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jishi
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September 3, 2013

Spotify Connect, serious competition

  • September 3, 2013
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Spotify today announced Spotify Connect, which will be a series of hardware from well-known hardware to seamlessly integrate spotify onto devices where the control is from the regular Spotify application on your phone or similar.

Streaming is still done directly through internet, so the phone isn't in charge of it, just controls it.

I really do hope that Sonos will follow this approach as well, I believe there are a lot more like me that primarily uses Sonos for Spotify, and being able to use the same app as always would be awesome.

Seems like there is already a feature request over at ask.sonos.com https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/support_spotify_connect_to_allow_users_to_use_the_spotify_app_as_the_controller
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      wappinghigh
      Avid Contributor I
      October 28, 2014
      ^ answer my question...
      jgatie
      jgatie
      October 28, 2014
      If the problem is with Spotify (and not Sonos)..why is it that Spotify connect is available within Bluesound but not Sonos?

      If the problem is with Sonos and not Spotify, why is Google Play Music perfectly able to stream directly from the GPM Android app to any and all Sonos speakers? And it works fantastically! All GPM features available in perfect sync over any and all Sonos speakers. Certainly if Sonos wants to do it with Google, they will want to do it with Spotify? So what's holding it up?

      Oh, and by the way, Google actually makes a profit, unlike Spotify, which loses millions a year.
      wappinghigh
      Avid Contributor I
      October 28, 2014
      Certainly if Sonos wants to do it with Google, they will want to do it with Spotify? So what's holding it up?



      I don't know..

      That's why I asked the question

      You haven't answered it...
      the_lhc
      Avid Contributor I
      October 28, 2014
      ^ answer my question...

      Maybe if you gave people more than two and half minutes to formulate a reply they might do, we're not all on speed here.

      Incidentally, we'all here aren't going to do anything about anything because we're not Sonos employees, we're just users, like you, so it's a waste of time imploring us to do anything, we have no say in the matter. But you know that already.
      wappinghigh
      Avid Contributor I
      October 28, 2014
      The only logical answer I can come up with is that they (Sonos) fear Spotify (their Connect feature)..

      Otherwise what possible reason would there be for Sonos to not offer it in full?
      jgatie
      jgatie
      October 28, 2014
      I don't know..

      That's why I asked the question

      You haven't answered it...

      Yes I have. Since Sonos is willing to work with Google, it proves they are perfectly willing to change their architecture to enable streaming directly from apps. But if they can't do the same with Spotify, it must be some conditions on Spotify's side that is holding it up, or it is Sonos that is making monetary demands. MacFarlane has recently stated that Sonos gets no revenue from streaming services. Which means it isn't Sonos demanding any kickbacks. So it comes down to a few things:

      Spotify charging too much for licensing.
      Spotify demanding a hardware solution in Connect products (which is true).
      Spotify protecting their other partners from competition from the leading wireless streamer on the planet.

      All of which are Spotify's fault, not Sonos'.
      wappinghigh
      Avid Contributor I
      October 28, 2014
      ^ So Sonos can't afford to do a deal..but NAD can??
      the_lhc
      Avid Contributor I
      October 28, 2014
      ^ So Sonos can't afford to do a deal..but NAD can??

      Maybe that explains why Bluesound devices are so much more expensive than the equivalent Sonos device?
      wappinghigh
      Avid Contributor I
      October 28, 2014
      Y MacFarlane has recently stated that Sonos gets no revenue from streaming services.

      This is now irrelevant.

      Sonos wouldn't sell a single Zone player from this day on without these streaming services..
      jgatie
      jgatie
      October 28, 2014
      Maybe if you gave people more than two and half minutes to formulate a reply they might do, we're not all on speed here.

      Incidentally, we'all here aren't going to do anything about anything because we're not Sonos employees, we're just users, like you, so it's a waste of time imploring us to do anything, we have no say in the matter. But you know that already.

      wappinghigh often stubbornly refuses to believe that we users are not Sonos employees. He has referred to Sonos as "your system" to me and other posters on more than one occasion.
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