I lost faith in ARC

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

@notaname

Your argument is that the cost of implementing the retrieval of extended metadata (from MusicBrainz, I assume) is similar to the cost of developing a whole new application and new services.

My argument is that everyone’s fees are pooled, and all features are free for everyone. Seems like a sensible model to me. It’s the same in many applications like Office etc. I don’t want to imagine the support nightmare if individual features only work after enabling them and paying for them.

Roon have said, by the way, that metadata is amongst their biggest expenses.

In the end, Roon chooses how the license works and one can take it or leave it. Much like most apps.

@notaname

I cannot choose. I have been trying to use ARC for months.

That’s a different argument and of course ARC should be improved. Maybe for certain internet configurations it can never work, but e.g. DSD will never really work with my DAC, either.

There is, by the way, an open feature suggestion for a tiered license model. As you can see, out of 10 people, 10 will want their individual slices. I can’t see that working for many reasons, but you can add your vote for it:

"Roon Lite" / "Roon Light" - Roon with limited functionality (and potentially less expensive)

I love the Roon interface, its integration with streaming services and its tracing of the signal path, but I simply do not need its music library management functionality or any of the advanced functionality provided by its expensive servers. I need something strictly as a centerpoint to control my streaming and pass it to my DAC. How about you release a much less expensive “Roon Lite” or somesuch that simply provides a front end for streaming?