Originally Posted by
bugged on the right
I had 3 Sonos speakers and a Sonos amplifier which provided music around the house. I used my IPhone to drive them. One day after an update I was informed that because my phone was too old the Sonos app would no longer work. No problem, plenty of dedicated remotes on auction sites. I bought four of them. One for each device only to discover that Sonos had bricked them in a recent update. No wonder they were cheap. There was uproar on the forums, Sonos squashed it by claiming the remotes were a fire hazard. Well there was nothing wrong with the phone so it stayed and the Sonos stuff was auctioned and I bought a lovely old Exposure amplifier with the proceeds. I would recommend staying well clear of Sonos gear, I will never buy any equipment which can be remotely tampered with. I also can't believe that organisations like banks can't make their apps compatible with old phones. I appreciate there may be security concerns but it is all surely a matter of writing the code? For similar reasons, I will only buy music that I can hold in my hand. No downloads.
You may be pleased to hear that the CEO of Sonos walked the plank after some disastrous updates.