The cloud integration is the main technical issue. Rather than a UDP packet going to my speaker next to me in <1ms, it now requires an authenticated encrypted

The cloud integration is the main technical issue. Rather than a UDP packet going to my speaker next to me in <1ms, it now requires an authenticated encrypted round trip to the other side of the world and back. The mDNS is an implementation issue that could be resolved without such a significant, noticeable, irreversible effect on latency as with the cloud integration.