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No Spotify, no buy. Being locked into Apple Music is a non-starter for me. It's still mindboggling to me that Siri can't/won't interface with my Spotify account. My lowly Amazon Echo supports this just fine. In fact, I prefer it to the spotify UX/UI.

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cptskippy|8 years ago

This is same reason why I refuse to use Fire TV, Android TV or Apple TV. I'll stick with Roku until the walled gardens fall.

I would suggest Roku make a digital assistant as well but it would probably come in 4 different models ranging from wholly unusable to outrageously expensive, have a purple bow tie, and need to be replaced annually with the latest model.

the_common_man|8 years ago

Roku itself is a walled garden. You cannot develop apps for them unless you are blessed by them. Last I checked the SDK was closed (as in, closed to even try out developing for Roku).

bobsam|8 years ago

Isn't Android TV pretty open in this regard?

After all, it even has a VLC app...

Spivak|8 years ago

> How dare a company lock me into their ecosystem! I want to be locked into a different ecosystem, dammit!

aaronblohowiak|8 years ago

The echo supports a range of music services, not limited to amazon music. I use it with pandora, for instance.

threeseed|8 years ago

Siri has an API: https://developer.apple.com/sirikit/

Not sure why Spotify isn't using it.

markolschesky|8 years ago

SiriKit only supports a limited number of domains and intents, of which playing music is not one of them.

pbarnes_1|8 years ago

Siri has an "API". A very limited set of things it can do.

It's basically a hard coded list of events that get triggered if someone says a particular phrase.

Spotify's use case isn't supported.