Yes yes, you can find any little thing to add as an argument to support "I don't listen to radio", but a lot of us still listen to radio.
Sometimes, you want to find something other than what's in your mp3/CD/cassette collection. Growing up, there were very specific shows that I would listen to specifically for being introduced to something (whether it was new or old and just new to me). Radio did not become a bad experience to me until Clear Channel/Comcast bought up all of the non-indies and made it greater than 80% chance that you'd hear a commercial whenever you tuned into any given station.
I'd also suspect that your "a lot of us" sounds really big in whatever echo chamber you find yourself
I have 15 year old vehicles. I listen to the radio in all the cars I drive as does my spouse. The receivers in our vehicles are too old to have Carplay and with the removal of the audio jack in phones there's no way to connect them to the audio system. We do have one vehicle that can stream over Bluetooth but it can be a hassle and distracting in traffic so we usually only use it on road trips. Locally it's easier to turn on the radio and use presets (you can feel them!) to change the channel when it gets annoying. It just works mostly.
USB FM broadcast dongles exist. They transmit at ultra-low power, usually with the option to switch between broadcast frequencies (in the event of interference), and permit your digital device (smartphone, tablet, laptop) to transmit audio directly to your car's stereo. Playback controls are on the device, you can of course vary volume or toggle playback on or off from the vehicle's sound system.
It's not fully-integrated bluetooth or audio-in, but it does work and is an option.
dylan604|1 year ago
Sometimes, you want to find something other than what's in your mp3/CD/cassette collection. Growing up, there were very specific shows that I would listen to specifically for being introduced to something (whether it was new or old and just new to me). Radio did not become a bad experience to me until Clear Channel/Comcast bought up all of the non-indies and made it greater than 80% chance that you'd hear a commercial whenever you tuned into any given station.
I'd also suspect that your "a lot of us" sounds really big in whatever echo chamber you find yourself
bigstrat2003|1 year ago
For sufficiently qualified values of "us", perhaps. But I do not believe that is true for the general population.
tptacek|1 year ago
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dredmorbius|1 year ago
It's not fully-integrated bluetooth or audio-in, but it does work and is an option.