Software Updates duration

[slartibartfast]

I bought it assuming a streamer's (practical) lifespan is about 3~4 years. For me, it falls into the same category as a smart phone

My Squeezeboxes have been going about 15 years.

 

[canard]

thanks to peter248 for pointing this out.. to enlighten....

 

[hoohoohoo]

My Squeezeboxes have been going about 15 years.

Nice! The juice was worth the squeeze.

 

[Wiimer]

My Squeezeboxes have been going about 15 years.

That's superb.
Every WIN PC I've ever bought has become unusable within 5 years. So, I don't expect much

 

[slartibartfast]

That's superb.
Every WIN PC I've ever bought has become unusable within 5 years. So, I don't expect much

It's probably because they rely on a server. I've had a few different servers over that time period .

 

[QuarryHunslet]

Or four for anyone with counting skills

The extension is for Three Years,

 

[RyanWithWiiM]

Why not? My Sony CD player has been in constant use since 1992. Never failed. There is if course not so much software in it, so maybe that's why?

Anyway good to see @WiiM Support is reading the forum and is following up on the documentation.

Yeah, the CD player is fine because what you're playing with it has either not changed much or is backwards compatible. But if a music service like Spotify were to suddenly change their protocols to something not supported on a WiiM device, it would be like trying to play a DVD on your CD player.

Eventually, the size of the software package needed for a device might become larger than the storage on the device itself. And we just don't have that sort of visibility into the future as to specifically when that'll happen.

The page in question is a legal requirement in some countries, so we'll keep it up to date with what we can commit to, but also keep it as reasonable as our future sight allows.

 

[AlanB]

My Squeezeboxes have been going about 15 years.

Same here, although now replaced by my WiiM Pro for my main stereo system.