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Steve Jobs Pounded MacFarlane's Chest, Threatening to Sue Sonos Out of Existence
“He walked right up to me and pounded on my chest and said they were gonna sue us out of existence for having a scroll ring on our remote.”
Major 1990s Software Giants Refused Internet Sales Over Channel Conflict Fears
“The folks that kind of were the gatekeepers at the big software companies at that time, Microsoft, Borland, Lotus Weren't interested in selling their software over the internet. They were more worried about hurting their sales through the conventional channels…”
Voice Assistants Were Too Early; Breakthrough Will Come With AI Integration
“In my view, the voice assistants still, you know, their time is coming. I think they were just too early. Like now you see the startup companies trying to integrate voice assistants with the AI stuff. And do I believe in that? Yes. You know, is that 10 years a…”
Sonos Initially Relied on Ripped MP3s Before Streaming Platforms Emerged
“It took time until the services like Rhapsody or Pandora, you know, could really express all that was available. And that was really when it opened up for Sonos, but initially it was your ripped music collection.”
MacFarlane: Purchased iTunes tracks could not play on Sonos due to DRM
“Well, that's where it got a little complicated because iTunes had that digital rights management. So if you bought an iTunes track, you couldn't play that. But if you used iTunes to play your ripped music, you could.”
The First Song Played on Sonos Was the Beastie Boys' "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
“That's all true. It just fit. These were the first units that were fully assembled. We had a room that had the Quality Assurance team in it, and they were really trying to beat it up, and I thought that was the appropriate song, because they had a lot of work …”