Google loses to Sonos at ITC

I’ve nothing to add except I love my Sonos speakers. I was just thinking recently how glitch-free they’ve been in the 18 months or so I’ve had them.
 
Cmaier said:
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Google loses Sonos patent case, starts stripping functionality from speakers

Rather than pay royalty fees to Sonos, Google is sending downgrades to customers.
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This is one I can’t really talk about. Happy to discuss general issues of how these cases in the ITC work, though.
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Just wondering how long until a 3rd party creates an app that "fixes" the issue. You might have to side load it, but someone will find a work around.

As for love of Sonos, I have the OG system of 5 Amps and a Play 3. All used to be connected by the "Bridge". It was a PITA. It seemed they took a page from XBox in that you had to update something every single time you wanted to use it.

But when they came out with the upgraded system, I had to remove the Bridge and plug them directly into the network. It has been rock solid since. And I only access them from my Spotify app, so the "update every time you open it" Sonos app hasn't been used in a long time.
 
Herdfan said:
Just wondering how long until a 3rd party creates an app that "fixes" the issue. You might have to side load it, but someone will find a work around.

As for love of Sonos, I have the OG system of 5 Amps and a Play 3. All used to be connected by the "Bridge". It was a PITA. It seemed they took a page from XBox in that you had to update something every single time you wanted to use it.

But when they came out with the upgraded system, I had to remove the Bridge and plug them directly into the network. It has been rock solid since. And I only access them from my Spotify app, so the "update every time you open it" Sonos app hasn't been used in a long time.
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I have several sonos that i currently use for nothing other than airplay. I used to try and use the app, but every time i wanted to use it i had to update something. I didn't pay for them, so I didn't spend a lot of effort trying to figure out if there was some other way to make them less annoying.
 
Cmaier said:
I have several sonos that i currently use for nothing other than airplay. I used to try and use the app, but every time i wanted to use it i had to update something. I didn't pay for them, so I didn't spend a lot of effort trying to figure out if there was some other way to make them less annoying.
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Same. I don’t use my Sonos that frequently but I often have problems with it disconnecting from my network or requiring updates that don’t take the first time. Sometimes I wish they just had a BlueTooth option.

That said, Sonos has great sound quality.

I wonder how much market share google actually has in the music arena. Seems like Spotify and Apple have the bulk of it. Amazon might even have a bigger market share than google.

I would be annoyed though if I used google for music. Vaporware does describe many of Google’s products though.
 
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