> I would have bought a Sonos instead of an Apple Homepod because I thought they...

jakobegger · on Dec 28, 2019

Yes. Just to be clear, I'm going to buy neither a Homepod nor a Sonos. I think I'm going to get dumb speakers and a Raspberry/Hifiberry. Shairplay does 90% of what I want a smart speaker to do, and I think a Raspberry is a pretty future proof device.

vinw · on Dec 28, 2019

You should also take a look at snapcast as an open Sonos alternative that can run on raspberry pi.

https://github.com/badaix/snapcast

kirstenbirgit · on Dec 28, 2019

That was a bug, not a 'feature' like Recycle Mode.

kristianc · on Dec 28, 2019

Incidentally, iOS has a remote kill switch as a feature too.

sm4rk0 · on Dec 28, 2019

Anyway, you should be aware of risk when buying a piece of hardware which depends on a service (like OTA updates or cloud connection).