S1 & S2 Speaker Controller

Ok I haven’t used the app yet but I don’t think I should have to pay for the app if I bought the speaker. I want first year free and 10 bucks a year max After that. 25 Is a rip Off. Sorry

Some friends and I were staying at a place with sonos speakers and while we could get them to work it was not user friendly or easy. Seriously all we wanted to do was play music from our phones through the speakers, something you can do on any Bluetooth device. But no, you have to add songs to the sonos app then there’s no way to setup a playlist and only one song would play then it stops so you have to tap another song to play the next. Plus they want you to pay for all this inconvenience. Why not just make it Bluetooth compatible so you can play through the speakers without even downloading an app? Plus it was very frustrating just trying to get connections to work and play anything at all. Just get a Bluetooth speaker and save yourself the trouble.

Where to start? This app is essentially nonfunctional - without paying $25 in app to control the already pricey high end hardware you can’t navigate anywhere without having to go through ad walls and the user interface is a complete joke. This app is only compatible with Apple Music and only allows you to browse by your complete song library in alphabetical order - no using other music services, no searches, no navigating by artist or release or genre, just a monolithic alphabetical song library. Absolute garbage. And for the record, if you do end paying the absurd premium cost all I know for sure that does is remove ads - no guarantee that undoes the softlock UI that renders the navigation system nonfunctional.