Re:Making an old USB printer support Apple AirPrint using a ...
by KMnO4 on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @10:03AM
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Sonos speakers are weird and I don’t get the hype. They’re not Bluetooth, so playing anything on them has to go through the Sonos app and server. Sonos is also a shady company, doing things like bricking your device if you try to sell it after upgrading, or not letting you use your speaker if you disagree with their privacy policy.
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Re:Making an old USB printer support Apple AirPrint using a ...
by Aardwolf on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @11:42AM
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Imho, a speaker is an electroacoustic transducer, converting electric current into sound, or at least anything that can output the sound of arbitrary input devices.
If it has apps, then it's instead a computer or a stereo system with built-in speakers.
So I find speakers a misleading name for this contraption, unless it has an input of some sort that you can connect what you want to.