Meridian's position illustrates why I don't like paying large sums for software. If I buy hardware then even when it is life expired (normally manufacturers have to give 5 years' notice) I may well be able to re-purpose it or at least salvage useful bits. Not so with software. Once the supplier chooses to drop support you are finished, even if you have some advanced skills, which I certainly lack, because the code may be unavailable to anyone.

Commercial litigation in Britain is horrendously expensive and class actions to share the cost, for reasons I do not understand, seem to be very rare indeed in English law. But, the USA is different.

Meridian were selling Sooloos kit as recently as 2016 (I bought some), possibly later. It is true that the Tidal problem is only a partial loss of functionality but how about you excellent US customers considering a class action suit against Meridian Americas so that it becomes worth Meridian's while to fix the problem - which I find it hard to believe would be a major programming effort - rather than just turning their backs on you/us?

Cinema/Music: Trinnov Altitude32 8-16,218,Cloud 4 channel, Marantz UD5007,DSP5200SE(2+C),DSP3300(4),DSW(2),271,MShort Ceilings,AppleTV 4K
TV: Marantz SR7013 Wharfedale Diamond 9x4+Celestion(C)
Music: Roon,i7NUC8gen,QNAP TS253A, Sony Scala, MS200, Garrard DDQ650,Wharfedale Diamond 12.3
Kitchen: AD88 (bluetooth via i80).