Yeah this is absolutely sh*t news to be getting in an email from Spotify...
I use my CarThing as dedicated Spotify controller for my desktop PC and they're just straight up making it a paperweight rather than leaving in the current level of support for it so it could still function in the future without the need for constant updates (not that there ever seemed to be any anyway).
I hope they think again and reconsider either making it open source as people have suggested or just leaving the current level of functionality.
They will loose a lot of followers if they go down this road and potentially also get quite a lot of bad press.
I use my CarThing as dedicated Spotify controller for my desktop PC and they're just straight up making it a paperweight rather than leaving in the current level of support for it so it could still function in the future without the need for constant updates (not that there ever seemed to be any anyway).
I hope they think again and reconsider either making it open source as people have suggested or just leaving the current level of functionality.
They will loose a lot of followers if they go down this road and potentially also get quite a lot of bad press.