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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by Anthony-G on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:29PM (#46550043)
Logitech are my go-to example of a company that does the right thing and deserves recognition for it. They kept their squeezebox.com servers going for a decade after they discontinued their Squeezebox hardware audio players. At the same time, they funded a maintainer to keep improving the open source server software that users can self-host on multiple platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS, Raspberry Pi). Two years ago, they finally shut down the squeezebox.com servers that they were running but the server software is still being actively maintained: https://lyrion.org/
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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by seb1204 on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:58PM (#46550214)
I recall there is also an open source and hardware speaker but not 100% sure it's from Logitech.
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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by ROOFLES on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:25AM (#46552243)
Teufel Mynd is the open source speaker https://blog.teufelaudio.com/visionary-mynds-insights-on-teu...
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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by lossyalgo on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:06PM (#46558605)
That's nice of them! Too bad they don't offer repair for other speaker systems that are out of warranty, nor do they sell components for other repair shops to fix speakers that are out of warranty.
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