MrSinatra;687288 Wrote: > logitech products are becoming increasingly unnecessary for most > users... thats the real issue. > > on the one hand you have apple and all its tight integration that for > most apple people works very well, or at least, prefectly for them. > airplay is now becoming a standard that 3rd party hardware > incorporate. > > on the other hand, other hardware is integrating more and more > dlna/upnp type things, also right into TVs and receivers and game > systems. > > logitech meanwhile, sells an audio only platform that requires > mastering a fairly complicated server which has an extremely > unintuitive and unforgiving browse exp. > > what boggles my mind, is logitech makes money from hardware sales, not > server development. why they haven't concentrated more on hardware, > and making the server just be a middleware layer that allow any app to > send the A/V to the hardware, i can't understand. it would save them > tons of money from continuing to develop server, which as a music > player, is an antique at best. > > and besides, as audio only, its not only niche, but imo, doomed.
An excellent post with which i wholeheartedly agree. I'm in the process of switching from Logitech to Apple, mainly out of frustration with that 'unintuitive and unforgiving' browser app. I think Logitech's strategy of heroic support from a few talented developers is a fire-fighting one, not a sustainable one that'll support growth. I am not an Apple evangelist by any means - I just want something that is simple to use, decent sound quality and I'll take care of future-proofing against the constant (and usually welcome) stream of technology changes myself. To this end, Apple represents the next phase of evolution, Logitech represents the past. Shame really - the opportunity was there.. So far the transition has been a doddle - in fact, quite enjoyable. It is also relatively cheap to do - Apple TV costs 100GBP, I can reuse my speakers with built in amps, configuration is so simple, and I've loaded all my music into iCloud (22GBP for up to 25000 songs for a year). I'll continue using the Logitech kit in a 'running it down' sort of way - but it means that the next time Logitech introduce a bug into software that was previously working fine I won't have to tear my hair out, just switch on my Apple kit and smile.. -- trautigan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ trautigan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17162 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93207 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
