ROON AND STREAMING
It’s quite obvious that Roon doesn’t want to cooperate with other streamers than Tidal.
It’s been suggested that Roon start integrating Qobuz and Highresaudio - two hi-res streamers - but Roon close forum threads on this issue. Both Qobuz and Highresaudio have stated that they want to work with Roon.
Any ideas on what is at play here? If Roon were about user-orientation and high-quality audio, wouldn’t Roon be eager to integrate other streamers than Tidal?
Are there politics or financial motives here that are not easily spotted?
I think your interpretation may be off. It isn't that they don't want to integrate with other services, rather the other services are not willing to give them the access they requested. Having multiple services that operate differently in Roon would be a nightmare for user-orientation. in addition this would create a ton of confusion for users. The guys are Roon have their standards as to what they feel is acceptable for the product and they don't want to change them. You can certainly fault them for that, as i do on a couple of things, but there isn't anything nefarious as to why they haven't added any new services.
FYI - Danny Posted recently that they are in talks with Qobuz. I'd guess we will hear more closer to their US launch.