Sonos - end of Amazon Music digital locker

[rdjohn]

Amazon Music mentioned in passing today that they are terminating my Cloud service when my subscription expires at the end of October.

I bought the subscription when I bought my Sonos equipment - perhaps 5-years ago.

As I live between UK, France and Spain, it has been the perfect way for me to listen to my CD collection, plus recent stuff that I have bought from Amazon. If I am in the car I can listen via my Android phone, if I am in a hotel, or outside, I can also listen using my iPad and Bose speaker.

I have looked at the Sonos music service possibilities and there is something called Murfie, which includes a streaming service, which I do not want. It may be someone else’s future - but not mine.

Please can anyone suggest a method for me to keep the flexibility that I have and that will work with Sonos, my phone and iPad. I don’t want a home-Cloud, unattended while I am out of the country.

I have written to Amazon, but their reply offered me “the bird” rather than anything tangible.

[rdjohn]

It is a digital locker service that I want. Perhaps buying space on DropBox is sufficient, but I can’t see how to get my Sonos to read/play/playlist it.

A 4Tb Box does not cut it, in the car, or garden. It’s bigger than either my phone, or Bose speaker.

I think Google Play Music may be what I need, but I am basically paying for a streaming service that I don’t want.

[rdjohn]

Sonos have agreements with companies that it can be linked to. Amazon Music was one. Google Play Music is another.

This looks more like a storage service.

[rdjohn]

NDA said:

Are Amazon Music ending this service?? I feckin hope not.... I have a huge library uploaded.

That's correct, the service is ending because they see their future with the Alexis speaker.

But now it looks like Google are headed down the same route.

I am now going to raise the issue with Sonos. They obviously need to expand into software, or they will be out of business.