mule wrote: > Maybe i really don't get it, but your business model depends on your > cloud services, right? > I can't really comment on the business model but this is not essentially a paid-for cloud service, if that was your impression. > > Why should you then give one the oppertunity to build up a totally > independent plattform from your cloud services? > Because there will always be things we can't do, either for licensing reasons or because you simply can't do everything alone. A working ecosystem needs diversity and variety, everything else will just fail. If we want this to succeed, we will need that, too. Even Apple gave up on closing down the iPhone (remember: that was their original plan) after only a few months. > > So what does "you can do that with ickStream" really mean: That some > services depend (as with my squeezebox.com) on your cloud services, even > if the main core is installed on ones private cloud? > Again: I still don't understand what "your private cloud" is. A private cloud to me is an oxymoron. You will be able to stream to an ickStream device without contact to our service and you will be able to stream whatever you want for that if you are using our API which will be open at least for non-commercial use and available for commercial use. However, I'm pretty convinced people will _want_ to use our backend where it's appropriate because there are a lot of use cases for which it makes a lot of sense and adds value. > > The only thing that is missing is that someone builds up a a ready to go > hard- and software platform which can be handled by consumers. Plenty of those around. But it's a fact of life that a lot of people build even complex setups to save the 3W of power their Squeezebox uses when leaving home for a few hours and don't want to run something like that. Also, it's more than just knowing how to operate your server, you also have to organize your music, probably in several libraries and on several devices. No. The majority of users will want to stream from their laptop when using local music, I'm pretty sure about that. Which doesn't mean that supporting servers/NAS isn't important, too.
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