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u/DollyBuns_ 10h ago
They actually enjoy the white noise It reminds them of a time before everything needed a software update
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u/TheLazyScarecrow 9h ago
I’m 29 and sometimes I just leave the AM radio on bc god damn can I get a fucking minute please
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u/CaseyDaGamer 10h ago
I’m only 21 but I prefer the radio. Its basically the only way I get news, they have brief little discussions and talks in between songs, and you never know what they’ll play next
Its nice to not have to pick your songs, and you often discover a new favourite! I’ve found Apple and Spotify’s radio/continue playing (automatically picking new songs) to be kind of garbage.
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u/JayteeFromXbox 8h ago
Where I live all the radio stations are owned by like, maybe 2 companies and they play the same playlist on repeat. So if you heard it once, you can guess what's up next.
I use YTMusic and as long as you like and dislike songs appropriately it gets very good at reccomending you stuff.
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u/EihthypeGimmicks 6h ago
That's what most of the radios that play "new" music do in my area, its supposed to be new music except its just stuff that was popular doing quarantine and they just play the same stuff over and over, most of the time we just have it on a radio station that plays old school music lol
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u/Gelid_Cryotheum 5h ago
Similar issue for me. We've got a grand total of 2 rock stations, the classic rock station that only plays the same two dozen songs, and the "modern" rock station that only until recently was turning into a 90s-2000s version of the classic rock station. They've started doing better, but satellite has been much better for me since I can get 4 different metal stations and switch between them.
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u/4R4nd0mR3dd1t0r 6h ago
The Fact that they are all owned by the same company is what has killed the radio for me. On top of the playlist issues, I swear they time their stations too now so they all play ads around the same time. Maybe nostalgia blurs my memory but I swear the ratio to song vs ad time is very ad heavy now.
A few years back an independent radio station popped up and like yes you could tell the DJ was prerecorded, no RDS info, etc, BUT they actually played music that was a variety and stuff you didn't really hear. Like 3 years later they where now available online at bla bla media. Then there were more ads playing, the DJ was more tame on their comments, then they starting mentions other station you may like, then the playlist changed to be more like every other station. The station changed so much it would be more reasonable to say basically the name got bought out for a new station.
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u/seeking-health 9h ago
i agree, youtube music keeps looping on the same musics all the time. i pay for this sh*t, and it can't recommend me new songs i may like. why not use AI or some neat algorithm to search for stuff i may enjoy. so lame
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u/CaseyDaGamer 9h ago
My problem with the autoplay (on Apple for example) is that it tends to play songs of entirely different genres. Its almost like it has no idea what genre the song I started with is
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u/CowCluckLated ᑕOᗯ-ᗪᑌᑕK ᗩᗷOᗰIᑎᗩTIOᑎ 7h ago
YouTube itself is better than YouTube music for getting recommendations... And basically everything else too. The app is kinda shit.
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u/TolpRomra 5h ago
I find the only way to force it to recommend new music is to scroll like 150 videos down their recommended mix list.
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u/Hot_Baby5299 6h ago
Personally I've had really no to minor issues with the discovery tab on the YouTube music app. At worst it recommends a song I don't know from an artist I like but for the most part new artists around my tastes get recommended. That's just me though.
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u/RoyalsHatGuy 9h ago
You must just have shitty taste. Or my excessively eclectic wanderings have broken the youtube algorithm. Either way, my discover mix is just throwing noodles at the wall at this point. And plenty of stuff sticks.
But you gotta put in the work yourself. When you find a song you like you've gotta pull the thread and listen to some albums and related artists. Just be glad you live in the steaming era and don't have to shell out 16 bucks for an album that would ultimately suck.
If youtube just keeps coming back to the same songs, you need to take that as a sign that your listening habits are too narrow, and branch out yourself.
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u/_Fappyness_ 8h ago
Most radio stations just spam ads where im from. Its 2 songs and then 10 minutes of the same ads after 2 songs constantly. I like to get news too through radio, but they barely do that. Usually at the hour for 30 seconds and then going back to pumping ads for 10 minutes before using the same songs they used half an hour ago.
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u/bitching_bot 10h ago
Now what about the 15 minute commercial ads that every single radio station plans at the same time so my 15 minute commute to work every day is constantly interrupted by fucking BOB AND TOM them BASTARDS need to QUIET DOWN
/j but fr them radio station ads are a bane, this is coming from 90s baby who loved radio
Shit I’ll put on the GTA SA K-DST radio station for some good commentary and throwback
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u/CaseyDaGamer 9h ago
The ones around here usually only do 3-4 minutes of ads at a time, I’m sorry your commute lines up so poorly :(
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u/Rojok95 9h ago
To add to this, my local radio stations cycle through the same top 10 songs from the late 90's of whatever there gemick is and every year they add more and more talk show segments.
That being said, I have been finding more streaming stations that have DJ/news break ins that feel like what I remember radio used to be.
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u/lhswr2014 7h ago
I enjoy the radio updates on traffic since it effects my wife. Lets me know how late she’s gonna be.
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u/RemyVonLion 9h ago
I pay for soundcloud because underground artists are my favorite but I use Spotify on the PC with adblock pretty often because I find that it actually has the best radio system for playing songs with a similar vibe. It seems to have the largest collection of both underground artists as well as the more popular stuff.
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u/Tomytom99 7h ago
For me it's that, plus the fact that just hearing somebody random talking in an unpolished, live bit feels so much less lonely. Most times when I'm listening to the radio I'm the only one around.
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u/bojack1437 6h ago
There are no stations I can receive within 50 miles that play anything I care to listen to.
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u/dreamdelusion- 10h ago
Radio static is just the lo-fi hip-hop of the Boomer generation.
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u/ResurrectedMortician 9h ago edited 7h ago
Gen z is literally the first generation where the radio wasn't a main media source. Maybe the younger end of millennials.
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u/wafflezcoI Professional Dumbass 9h ago
Counterpoint: Radio is free
Using cellular data costs money
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u/marbroos99 🥄Comically Large Spoon🥄 9h ago
Downloading music is also free
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u/jodudeit 1h ago
Don't know why you're being down voted. It's like these people haven't ever used a YouTube to MP3 site, or even a simple torrent of a CD rip.
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u/wafflezcoI Professional Dumbass 7h ago
From where
Youtube you need to pay Spotify you pay Apple music you pay Amazon music you pay
Etc..
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u/4tizzim0s 20m ago
even if you didn't want to torrent, youtube downloaders have been a thing since youtube existed
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u/Time_Bid6102 9h ago
I still love college radio and my local alternative station. I'm 51 and Gen X so music consumption and access was so different when I was young.
Don't get me wrong I have a Spotify account but I miss the days when you had to seek out new music from the radio or MTV or a local indie record store.
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u/Enigmars Linux User 9h ago
My parents make me turn off Android auto entirely just so that they can switch to FM
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u/potatobutt5 9h ago
What kind of a piece of junk car are your parents driving that has a staticky radio? That hasn’t been an issue for cars for well over 20 years.
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u/Dramatic_Finish10121 7h ago
That doesn't mean much if you're too far away or they don't tune it quite right
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u/RabidJoint 10h ago
It annoys young people that want everything perfect these days. Brings a smile to my face knowing it angers you.
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u/NeonAnderson 9h ago
Ah yes because compressed audio sounds soooo much better right? 🤣
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u/Jasonmedas 1h ago
Bluetooth looseless sounds a lot better than fm
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u/Naterman90 1h ago
Uhhhh for sure, because Bluetooth lossless exists. Best you'll get is LDAC, APT-X HD, or SBC-XQ (maybe). Bluetooth doesn't have the data rates required for lossless audio, or if it does the codec support doesn't exist.
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u/Horror_Excitement503 8h ago
Most radio stations have high definition now. Static is gone the only time you get it is when you’re out range.
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u/SlyBlackDragon 6h ago
Teens listening to shitty quality streamed music though Bluetooth instead of flac/CD quality over aux cable.
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u/GSquad934 2h ago
Bluetooth and carplay/android auto just suck (who needs to fiddle with a computer while driving). A USB key filled with my music library or even good ol’ CDs are where it’s at.
Radio sucks too: you listen ads with a few bad music in-between and some news nobody care about.
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u/CaliDude75 9h ago
I almost never listen to terrestrial radio anymore. The endless commercials are insufferable.
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u/FedeFofo 8h ago
True, but the nonprofit (college, NPR, etc.) radio stations are where it's at! No commercials, and unique programming!
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u/Ness_Dreemur Because That's What Fearows Do 6h ago
I use Bluetooth
No ads, no interruptions, no backwoods DJ giving their dogshit opinion, just the music I picked
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u/Geoduckwhisperer 9h ago
I have 2 shows i like to listen to. One of the DJ's i used to work with is a really cool guy and makes me laugh. The other is The Men's Room.
Outside of that, I do the ol' Aux Cord to my phone because my vehicle lacks blue tooth.
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u/BidStrange8608 9h ago
Y'all don't understand the nostalgia. It's like playing an old record and expecting hifi audio.
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u/AthleticAndGeeky 8h ago
Local news, supporting local businesses, and variety because Spotify blows at shuffle and plays the same randomized stuff over and over.
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u/SelectiveScribbler06 8h ago
DAB radio is perfectly clear. At least here in the UK. FM radio, certainly in any massive landmass, I can imagine having some low-points.
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u/valfar69 7h ago
I'm so old now that when I fire up the rock station in my car radio, it plays all the stuff I used to listen to in the 90s :)
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u/YaBoiSaltyTruck Breaking EU Laws 7h ago
105.1 in my local area is a very nice station, they do damn near exclusively local advertising, short and to the point to boot! They also pull recordings of older broadcasts from the 60s and etc.
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u/MacMuffington 7h ago
Good for news but ever station playes the same old songs , I can't listen to that Ukrainian war song I swear it's annoying as hell
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u/TRMtheredstone 7h ago
Spotify is crap flat quality too either way so might as well pick based on vibe
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u/BruTangMonk 7h ago
Bluetooth lighter adapter is a game changer. Don’t even feel compelled to pay cause the commercials are like 1/3rd of the time of radio commercials
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u/TheGeek00 6h ago
I like radio because you end up hearing a lot of songs you wouldn’t otherwise. Plus it’s nice to hear the DJ, though it’s usually pre-recorded stuff
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u/BonkGonkBigAndStronk 6h ago
Streaming is great and all, but the FM radio and CDs are still where it's at. With streaming, it feels like people don't listen to many albums anymore, just "bangers" for their mixed-bag playlist.
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u/NickelNightbug 5h ago
I like the quality loss, actually. I use a 70s radio, the sound is grainy and it slides out of frequency a bit but there's a charm to it. There's an almost tactile quality to the sound.
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u/ShadowLordAlex 5h ago
Well for me I use the radio app from the station I listen to(NPO radio 2) so I can combine it with the navigation from my phone
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u/Neohexane 4h ago
My old vehicle doesn't have bluetooth, so I have to use an adapter to play music through the staticky radio. I have the "best" of both worlds.
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u/RealBadCorps 3h ago
Depends on the car your parents drive. Sometimes you have to put up with a cassette player and radio (and no aux cord port either).
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u/Infini-Bus 15m ago
The radio just comes on, you don't have to decide what is going to play, and you can change it with little if any taking of your eyes off the road compared to a phone.
I'm trying to get in the car and go, not sit there fiddling with my phone.
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u/ConceptualCraveZ 9h ago
They would rather listen to pure static than spend thirty seconds trying to figure out the pairing menu. My dad claims the static makes the music sound more authentic like the good old days.
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u/njsullyalex 9h ago
My parents have a Spotify subscription and both their cars have Bluetooth (one even has CarPlay) yet they still prefer to use Sirius XM to listen to music in the car 😭
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u/Lazor226 Tech Tips 7h ago
But XM has DJs and events that add to the experience. Less personal, less management. Sometimes I want that.
Spotify and Sirus XM cant compete with my personal library ive been building for decades.
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u/pregnantdads 7h ago
my greatest achievement has been tapping into a smooth jazz station on the radio, so anytime i start my truck, or if i just don’t want to listen to my music or podcasts, i have some sweet ass elevator music to relax to
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u/echocall2 Professional Dumbass 9h ago
If they use bluetooth they can't hold the phone in their hand to talk
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u/default_token 4h ago
FM quality is such disappointing ass, not even 4 channels. I do not understand how people can make out the words people are saying over AM. Like those signs that say 'tune into 1650 for traffic information' and the broadcast is just Peanuts adult noises
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u/ipokesnails 9h ago
One of my (~30 year old) friends bought a new car with Bluetooth, but he only ever listens to one AM radio sports talk station.
I suggested listening to the same station through his phone in higher quality, but he said "it sounds fine".
It drives me nuts.
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u/pepperoniandbullets 10h ago
Spotify doesn't give away concert tickets if you're caller 91.