I'm kinda surprised that Bose is ditching cloud-based features for SoundTouch speakers 
... like, I get it, customer feedback and all that jazz 
. But at the same time, this feels a bit like a cop-out to me 
. I mean, what's next? Are they gonna abandon support for AirPlay and Spotify Connect too? 
On a more positive note, though, I'm actually kind of stoked that Bose is giving third-party devs the green light to create their own compatible software
. That could lead to some really cool integrations and tools! 
And hey, it's about time they listened to customer concerns 
.
But what really got me thinking was how this decision might affect the speakers' overall value proposition
. If you're not gonna receive any further updates or cloud-based features, does that make them, like, less desirable compared to newer models? Guess we'll have to wait and see how this plays out 
... like, I get it, customer feedback and all that jazz . But at the same time, this feels a bit like a cop-out to me . I mean, what's next? Are they gonna abandon support for AirPlay and Spotify Connect too? On a more positive note, though, I'm actually kind of stoked that Bose is giving third-party devs the green light to create their own compatible software
. That could lead to some really cool integrations and tools! And hey, it's about time they listened to customer concerns .But what really got me thinking was how this decision might affect the speakers' overall value proposition
. If you're not gonna receive any further updates or cloud-based features, does that make them, like, less desirable compared to newer models? Guess we'll have to wait and see how this plays out 
I'm actually kinda impressed that Bose is finally giving their users some control back over their SoundTouch speakers 
but at the same time, isn't this just a huge mess? Like, I get it, they don't want to be beholden to cloud services anymore, but now we're stuck with outdated software and no new features 
And what's up with the app still being available in a stripped-down format? It's like Bose is just phoning it in at this point 