Daring FireballSep 6, 2024
More on Spotify Connect and iPhone Volume Buttons
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/09/06/more-on-spotify-connect-and-iphone-volume-buttons
More on Spotify Connect and iPhone Volume Buttons

Link to: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/29/24231516/spotify-apple-physical-iphone-volume-controls

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Show threadjramskovSep 7, 2024
@daringfireball As a Sonos customer, I fully agree that it sucks the feature doesn’t work. Even though it hasn’t worked for a long time, the habit is still there and it annoys me every time that the volume doesn’t change when I use the buttons on my iPhone.
I don’t care about private API’s. Apple should’ve worked with Sonos and Spotify to make a solution so their customers didn’t lose a valuable feature. Apple instead gave the finger to their customers.
Show threadJohn GruberSep 8, 2024
@jramskov From my latest update to DF:
Show threadjramskovSep 8, 2024

@gruber Thanks 👍 I think Apple should have made an official API for it.

Edit: Perhaps there’s good reasons for not allowing it, but I’m not aware of any?

Show threadJohn Gruber
@jramskov Well the reason not to is to prevent apps from screwing around with the hardware buttons.
Sep 8, 2024 at 12:23pmIvory for iOS
Show threadjramskovSep 8, 2024
@gruber But that’s not the case here is it? I’d say it’s a pretty much perfect use case that makes the phone serve the owner better. I don’t see any negatives there?
If apps do bad stuff, it should get caught in the app review process.