> It's less the app, more the business decision to tell people who had spent thousands and thousands of dollars on elaborate sound systems to go throw it all in the trash and start over, all at once.

As a Sonos purchaser, ironically product longevity was the reason I bought so much of their stuff!

While other similar systems would drop support for old devices eventually, I could be confident with Sonos that I was investing in stuff that would continue to work.

… until now! I’ve started to lose confidence. Which is a shame - I’m moving into a new house and wanting a sub, but now questioning if that’s a sensible decision given I don’t know how long my older speakers will work for now they are going glitchy. Real shame!