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Ars Technica

Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of EoL
If companies insist on bricking gadgets, this is a better way to do it.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/bose-open-sources-its-soundtouch-home-theater-smart-speakers-ahead-of-eol/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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pavel

Pavel Machek

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@arstechnica There should be laws requiring this. "We can brick someone else's hardware" is just not ok.
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DukeDuke@mastodon.social

Duke

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@arstechnica Excellent news! I have Soundtouch speakers, plus turned friends onto them in the past.

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buck@mastodon.social

Buck

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@arstechnica Unfortunately the buttons will stop working, which is the key thing people used these for (the one touch button presets).

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algaeman@mastodon.social

Algaeman

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@arstechnica It really shouldn't be newsworthy when a company does the right thing with abandoned tech.

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sloanlance@mastodon.social

Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤

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@arstechnica

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f4grx@chaos.social

F4GRX Sébastien

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@arstechnica oh yes this is good! Nice first step!

Poke @pluraliatic@mamot.fr

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phl@mastodon.social

Henrik Pauli

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Edited yesterday

@arstechnica I think your writer and your editor should both familiarise themselves with what "open-sourcing" means. Publicly documenting a web API isn't.

That being said, it's an amazing thing for Bose to do.

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SiteRelEnby@transfem.social

Site Reliability Enby

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@arstechnica We need a law to mandate this.

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