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Brad Linder
Brad Linder
@bradlinder@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

A few months after Bose announced it would end cloud services for SoundTouch speakers, the company has extended the deadline to May, added more features that will continue to work and open sourced its APIs for devs to create their own tools. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/bose-open-sources-its-soundtouch-home-theater-smart-speakers-ahead-of-eol/ #Bose #BoseSoundTouch #PlannedObsolescence

Ars Technica

Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life

If companies insist on bricking gadgets, this is a better way to do it.
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jomo
jomo
@jomo@mstdn.io replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@bradlinder they are publishing API docs, not open sourcing the API.

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