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Same here. I'm canceling my Spotify subscription right now and am moving to iTunes (back again). Spotify doesn't seem to support the newly announced home pods as well, which was another reason to quit my subscription, but mainly the somewhat enforced lock in from Spotify concerned me as well.

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> Spotify doesn't seem to support the newly announced home pods as well

Is this really Spotifys decision or something about how Apple handles announcements and development access to their devices?

Or: Does Apple want Spotify in their game and on their devices? Or would they rather sell Apple Music subscriptions?

Apple announced a third-party SDK[0] for HomePod at the event last month, iirc the onus is on Spotify to actually implement support at this point. I'm assuming they couldn't iron something out in time for this event's announcement.

https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/22/homepod-music-services/

Isn't the homepod (mini?) issue pretty much Apple's lock-in?

AirPlay 2 is available for Mac and iOS apps, as far as I remember, but is only implemented in the iOS Spotify all

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