> Stop the FUD with those quotes. Bose does not require or "require" an app to be installed to use their headphones and I'm not sure any vendor of BT headphones does

Is it FUD? It's fear, for sure. Uncertainly maybe. Doubt, not really.

An app that doesn't do that today is an app that could do that after an update tomorrow.

As for firmware... well the fact that something that just processes audio needs a firmware update demonstrates that the company isn't doing proper engineering. Proper engineering processes would be able to resolve just about anything with firmware before it gets released. Yes there "might" be bugs. No, those bugs shouldn't be severe. And regardless of proper engineering, a firmware that doesn't send telemetry back today is a firmware that could send telemetry after an update tomorrow.

So it is FUD? No. It's awareness of what's possible.

Yes, it’s FUD. You are implying things which are untrue to serve your purpose through fear. That’s highly dishonest.

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