It has been discussed many times in many threads fro a long time. Roon is fully aware of the benefits of adding other streaming services and has been trying to get more all along Indeed long time ago this topic drew one of the few responses on here from thier CEO. If they have gone this far with Pandora I’m pretty sure they will have done the same with the other streaming services and I’m sure they keep on doing this. The sticking point seems to be the deep integration that Roon requires which is not support d by the standard APIs other services have or previous exclusivity agreements that get in the way.
Reading through it, I wonder if the demands from Roon (and Roon users, though not all) are unrealistic. What incentive do these streaming services have to even allow (let alone actively work for) the “deep integration” that Roon is demanding? I could be wrong, but Roon could only offer a very small addition to their user base. I suspect that Pandora, Spotify, even Deezer and Quoboz look a the numbers and say “no thanks, we have bigger fish to fry”.
I suppose I am arguing that IF Roon is ever going to have another streaming service integration, the “deep integration” (which I fully admit is wonderful for the end user) demand is going to have to be dropped, barring any fundamental market change (e.g. Roon growing an order of magnitude at least in users).
You got the answer @philr, Roon is going for deep integration and standard APIs doesn’t allow that. Think it another way, streaming service providers unlikely to give all their APIs; they also want to have their unique UI which give the differentiation. If deep integration is the utmost importance, then the chances of getting someone aboard is very bleak.
Besides, no many of us will always stick with just one service provider; given the choice who may provide better features, rates, etc, I guess people will jump ship eventually.
Anything on this?
Would really like to see all platforms being within Roon and internet radio, soundcloud etc. Even Sonos has this sort of stuff,
Yes high quality Tidal and Qobuz are good but it is for the music right? The more sources the better.
Even if you could somehow Chromecast to Roon/Roon endpoints. It is encouraging the Chromecast devices can work with Roon but the reverse would open up a lot more options