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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by jumpingmice on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:53PM (#21129827)
They do not require you to install updates to play music. Updates are never mandatory, except that if you update a zone player then you must update the controller to control it. If your controller is ahead of the ZP that works fine.
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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by insaneirish on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @10:19PM (#21132920)
> They do not require you to install updates to play music.

This is flat out false.

Far too often, I open the app and just want to play something. It prohibits me from doing so until I update software.

It is an incredibly user hostile and annoying behavior in an otherwise good product.

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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by jumpingmice on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @10:22PM (#21132930)
It's because you have your zone player(s) set to automatically update. I've ignored updates for months on end and never had the first trouble with doing so.
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