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Mnyb wrote: > I think one issue both slim devices and Logitech faced regarding > services was encryption and other secret "handshakes" the providers do > not trust this to be on a open source server. > Thus a cloud service was there to proxy and provide user login , but > mysqueezebox.com was closed source . > The paranoid service provider could keep their secret with Logitech and > we could use the service . > But I assume that most service providers are not that paranoid . > For example lib spotify that triodes uses , he can do that without > problems ( I assume ). > In my experience, many service providers are paranoid, especially the big ones, which also are the ones people really want access to. Some of them doesn't even give you access to an API before you are backed by a company, can show that they as a service provider can earn significant money on being part of it, and you have signed a NDA. Mnyb wrote: > > So a modiefied proposal is to actually require local server and only use > a cloud server for stuff that could not be done in any other way, this > would be a much lighter versions as the local servers do most of the > work ? > I don't think we should be afraid of a central server when playing online music, if the software isn't maintained or is broken it doesn't matter if it's installed locally or on a central server. Sure, some geeks might be able to fix it if it's installed locally but for the general user the situation is often worse if the software is installed locally since he/she might not have the knowledge to realize that it needs to be updated and how to install the update. For local music playback the situation is of course a bit different, this is something you want to be able to do without a central server as you really don't want to end up in a situation where you can't play music because your internet provider is doing some maintenance work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96660 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
