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Re:Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after app update debacle by alkonaut on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @03:49AM (#42695123)
But Sonos doesn't sell any services/subscriptions, just products, correct? So even if they wanted to have recurring revenue how would they do it? They sell gadgets?
Re:Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after app update debacle by mixermachine on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @04:17AM (#42695303)
...so far, yes. But somebody has to pay all of that new network traffic and cpu cycles ;).
Re:Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after app update debacle by alkonaut on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @04:26AM (#42695353)
I'm sure it's one of the biggest questions asked by the Sonos C-suite: how do we get recurring revenue or make the moat wider. But that goes for every product company in the world.
Re:Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after app update debacle by wiether on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @05:47AM (#42695826)
They sell "Sonos Radio HD", a subscription based radio service which is supposed to be an upgrade from their free offering.

But as much as I dislike the "new" app, it doesn't push subscribing to this service, so I'm not sure they absolutely want device customers to become subscribers.

Re:Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after app update debacle by mfld on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @07:08AM (#42696281)
It would be a bad timing if they pushed the subscriptions already...
Re:Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after app update debacle by Iulioh on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @07:10AM (#42696291)
They don't push the subscription..yet

I hate the slippery slope fallacy but this is how was gonna end