No, your comment did totally miss the poiint. They were discussing how they believed a better implementation would have been doable, not too expensive, and fulfilled many needs in one device.
Your response was suggesting to just buy a second device. That wasn't useful; they know they can buy a second device, and we know they know that because they mentioned that device originally.
They never asked "How can I have all this functionality in my home?", but that's the question your comment was answering.
> I can dispute it's a) trivial, and b) sensible, for the vendor to have produced a different device instead
Agreed. That would have usefully contributed to the discussion about whether or not it would have been trivial and sensible.
If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bicycle.
It wasn't a 'better implementation' they were proposing, just a different one.
A configuration that would necessarily involve more $'s -- so this would immediately be the opposite of better for people who are happy with the actual existing price & feature matrix.
It would also add more complexity - unique firmware, operational questions around what happens if either / both components are playing music before they are docked / undocked, etc.
The poster was tacitly suggesting an extra $50 for unwanted features was a small price for everyone else to pay for their convenience. I was suggesting their needs could be readily satisfied, without it costing anyone else anything, by them obtaining two discrete units.
Your response was suggesting to just buy a second device. That wasn't useful; they know they can buy a second device, and we know they know that because they mentioned that device originally.
They never asked "How can I have all this functionality in my home?", but that's the question your comment was answering.
> I can dispute it's a) trivial, and b) sensible, for the vendor to have produced a different device instead
Agreed. That would have usefully contributed to the discussion about whether or not it would have been trivial and sensible.