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Re:Sonos: Working with big tech sucks by aprvchndrs on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @01:29PM (#21994286)
> The article still has no answer on why it is so difficult to actually get a Sonos to play nice with the two interfaces supplied by Amazon and Google

This is answered in the article. That's what GhettoMaestro is talking about. Specifically - Google said that it would pull Assistant support if Sonos added support to simultaneously listen for Alexa. That's the answer as to why they don't support 2 competing interfaces. Not a technical decision - but looks more like a business decision from Google.

Even if you disregard bullying - this seems like a way for Google to assert exclusivity.

>APIs that every consumer can hookup with IFTTT

This only works if the API is open enough to use. I somehow don't think Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant agreements with third-parties would support that.

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Re:Sonos: Working with big tech sucks by lowdose on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:55PM (#21996204)
Sounds like healthy competition behavior to me. Sonos is always allowed to push 2 sku's one for Alexa and one for GA.
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Re:Sonos: Working with big tech sucks by lonelappde on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @05:09PM (#21996322)
Holding users hostage and pressuring them to purchase expensive unnecessary additional hardware (wasting resources and pollution) is not healthy competition.
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