erland wrote: > In many cases the comments came before we had any commercial plugins, so > I think it was more related to that they felt that there was bigger > chance that Logitech would provide long term support than that a third > party developer would do it. > > However, I can agree that I got a few more comments in this direction > after I started to charge for some of my plugins and a big reason that I > plan to stick around also in the future is the fact that I get some > economical compensation for my third party plugins these days. The > situation would probably be very different if my plugins would be free, > then I would probably have stopped supporting them a year ago or > something similar. So I guess the second lesson is that there ain't no > such thing as a free lunch, in one way or another you are going to pay > for it in the end.
You are right that having 'someone' from this forum create commercial plugins for iHeartRadio, etc. may not be possible due to restrictions - but hopefully enough can be done. Honestly, looking at some of the APIs (I registered for API Keys on a few sites) - most plugins should really be pretty much copies of each other for services that are similar - maybe there is some way to make it work. I wonder if there are fees involved whether something like Kickstarter could be used to fund a 'forever' service for Squeezebox owners? Honestly - it's actually less about the physical Squeezebox 'box' (I assume some sort of cheap Linux box could replace it at this point) and more about a good music service aggregator, which is why I like the Squeezebox. I bought a new receiver recently that includes AirPlay support natively. However, I can't make a playlist that includes a few of my own songs, then a couple streamed from Soundcloud, then easily switch from radio stations to podcasts, etc. - using an iPhone/iPad - it all involves continuously switching applications, which is terrible. I'm definitely willing to pay for a good way to make music easy to use. Anyway, some late night rants before the new year. If things actually do fall apart, hopefully we'll keep things alive. --erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------ talvola's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19983 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97690 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
