Re:Sonos: users must accept new privacy policy or devices ma...
by jwr on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:17PM
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It seems that you either: a) haven't used a Sonos system, and/or b) have a lot of free time and don't mind resetting/rebooting your equipment when glitches happen, and/or c) don't care about multi-room synchronized playback. I won't even mention the audio quality, which on an Raspberry Pi for example, is horrible.
Sonos Just Works — some people (like me) care about that deeply. I have better things to do with my life than fiddle with audio systems. If your hobby is building these kinds of systems, then of course it makes perfect sense to roll your own. But if it isn't, I wouldn't waste my time.
I would be shocked if the commercial offerings were significantly better than most open source stuff (except for iphone interoperability...)