On the Dutch site hifi.nl are two article published about the SONOS CR100. In the articles is explained that SONOS will disable the CR100 by software update. You find them here: https://www.hifi.nl/artikel/26391/Sonos-CR100-R.I.P-vanaf-april-2018,-bedankt-voor-de-trouwe-dienst.html and here: https://www.hifi.nl/artikel/26480/Sonos-CR100-R.I.P.-deel-2,-wie-is-de-eigenaar-van-gekochte-hardware.html
Strange action, from different points of view.
First: when you buy a piece of equipment, who is the legal owner of that piece? And is legally for an manufacturer to decide to shut your piece of equipment down. That a company stops with the support and no longer updates it's software, I can understand. But that a company decides to disable good working equiment is mindblowing for me. The same as your laptop or TV is no longer working because the manufacturer decides you need a new one.
Is this news about the shutdown of the CR100 new in the U.K?
Strange action, from different points of view.
First: when you buy a piece of equipment, who is the legal owner of that piece? And is legally for an manufacturer to decide to shut your piece of equipment down. That a company stops with the support and no longer updates it's software, I can understand. But that a company decides to disable good working equiment is mindblowing for me. The same as your laptop or TV is no longer working because the manufacturer decides you need a new one.
Is this news about the shutdown of the CR100 new in the U.K?