>Not sure why anyone would ever leave it connected to the internet though.

Most people aren't techies. They buy the thing, and use it as instructed.

Also the vendors increasingly push you to put them online to use devices. Samsung tries really hard to make you think that your TV setup needs a mobile app on your phone running in the background with high precision location tracking, and 99.9% of buyers are going to leave that setup so they’re not blamed for problems in the future.

Sometimes I wonder if HN folks are purposefully obtuse or so deep in their bubble that they don't understand how 99% of people think and operate. The average user will always favour convenience over some invisible concept like privacy.

This is an absolutely ridiculous take, on multiple levels.

I'm not familiar with this product but it would make a lot of sense if it supports direct streaming for Chromecast/Google Cast.

Airplay (and presumably Cast) support require a WiFi connection. I explicitly blocked external connections to mine.

There's a feature to make every connected speaker in your house play the same Spotify song at once which is kind of fun.