May all be, but I wouldn’t base it on someone saying that they don’t know. And in any case the conjecture needs to account for Roon working on this until literally days ago. I may be wrong but I don’t believe their contracts are that bad.
Maybe Roon should say something because this gets out of control.
Yes, an official announcement would be good anytime around now! I feel pretty bad for whats happened to Plexamp - they’ve been putting a tonne of work into it and this effectively renders it a toy that can only play local tracks.
I’m going to miss this a lot. Even though Roon’s integration into a single library is more seamless on paper, I found Plexamp way easier to use.
Mostly thought, Plexamp’s suggested playlists are so much better than Roon’s and their playlist builder tools (Sonic Sage and GPT etc) are so good for making playlists that cover lots of genre’s.
“Ending all third party integrations” and “We don’t have info on what deals they made with other services” seems contradictory.
Wouldn’t third-party integrations include Tidal Connect? Sounds unlikely. They just released Tidal Connect for Denon/Marantz.
Anyway, I tried Plexamp/Tidal for a while. It had some nice features, but it seemed like a work in progress that was never quite finished. Compared to roon, it’s like comparing a Corolla to a Lexus.
I also wonder if Plex was more trouble than they were worth in terms of revenue. I haven’t seen much torch and pitchfork uprising on the various forums over the news.
I think there’s more than meets the eye. Hopefully it doesn’t affect roon. At some point, though, roon and tidal may need to squelch any rumors and speculation.
Did Blusound update their integration in app to Tidal MAX I know they did via Tidal Connect? If not then that’s a tell tale sign.
3rd party is not connect that is their own application. They mean access their streams and data via 3rd party applications like Plex, Audivana, Roon etc. Marantz adding Connect may well be another sign of the demise of the old integrations and connect is the only way to interact with it. Spotify did the same when they brought out Connect. Only Sonos survived that as it likely their biggest users in the hardware market at the time.
I hope I am wrong, but the writings been on the wall for this for sometime if you look at how it’s been the last 18 months for Tidal.
I get change can be part of this fluid business, but Tidal integration was a large part of the Plexamp experience!
With that said I’ll persevere with this local library. I’ve found in the past there was a degree of repetition with Plexamp’s “radios”, but for smaller listening session/s (say 40 minutes) it’s just fine. Plexamp reliably works over cellular, a luxury that remains beyond my own Roon subscription.
If Tidal also drops Roon (admittedly PURE conjecture!) and I’m left with Tidal’s own discovery tools, then it will either be Roon/Qobuz or Tidal in isolation, and the latter is keener for price. Either way that will mean a real shake up for marginal users like myself.
Let’s wait and see, could be an interesting few weeks.
Roon have been notorious for not announcing plans , time lines etc so as not to be held to them . Hence the absence of a feature road map etc
I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Being in the Southern Hemisphere (sorry Aus & NZ) Qobuz haven’t ventured so far south yet so I am definitely stuffed if that happens , lash ups and wires with Apple maybe ?
I would imagine not as they have control of the stream still, the renderer simply interprets that stream (I believe)
I suppose the main point with connect is that Tidal would like its customers to use their own app instead of 3rd party just like Spotify and Apple.
Qobuz is in NZ, https://www.qobuz.com/nz-en/discover
Coincidentally, Spotify have cut off many users accessing it’s services via unauthorised means, could the labels be playing a part?.
I sub to Qobuz annual and use it as a means to fill library gaps, but I am closing those gaps by buying more and more music, so I have more control.
Music streaming generally is a basket case IMO, releases change, disappear, whole labels pull music, impossible to manage a library effectively like that.
I did know that hence my (sorry Aus and NZ) , but until recently it did look like they hadn’t discovered the equator. A menagerie lion running around the centre of the earth
My humour will be my downfall 
Perhaps we need a whitepaper on how to repurpose a NUC , luckily I have a spare M.2 SSD with a Windows license tucked away !!
Sure, but the possible danger of losing one of their few streaming partners is a bit different especially if there is already an announcements by Plex
True , but I am still not holding my breath 
Yep they just cut off the weblogins bit recently I think. This has affected Librespot and all other 3rd party non official connnect ways to access it.
I guess we just have a waiting game now to see if this spreads or is an isolated incident.
at one point, ~30% of their users accessed Tidal via 3P services, so it would be surprising for Tidal to end all 3P integrations.
perhaps connect has changed that number enough for it to make sense.