Deezer to shut down Deezer Connect – plea to keep it alive

[roderickvd]

Just a heads-up to all moOde users relying on pleezer:

Deezer has announced it’s discontinuing the Deezer Connect protocol:
→ https://en.deezercommunity.com/product-u...nect-80661

While the playback part of Connect has been spotty in Deezer’s official apps, remote control of third-party clients (like pleezer) has continued to work well. That’s why I’ve proposed a simple way for Deezer to keep the backend alive:

Let the apps act as controllers but not playback targets — no extra maintenance required, but it keeps pleezer and other integrations working.

Over 10,000 people have downloaded pleezer in the last 6 months. From what I can tell, many are using it with moOde or other streamer setups that benefit from:

• External DACs (USB exclusive mode)
  
• Headless Linux playback
  
• Gapless playback
  
• Integration into DIY systems
  

If you’d like to support continued development and compatibility, here’s how:

• Leave a comment: https://en.deezercommunity.com/product-u...nect-80661
  
• Upvote related feature requests: https://en.deezercommunity.com/search?q=Connect
  

Even if you don’t use Connect directly, keeping this protocol alive helps preserve Deezer as a viable source for open systems like moOde.