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0 pointshahainternet12y ago0 comments

> Not having FM radio for example is like not having a floppy disk drive an modern PCs.

Tell that to my mother, who used her phone's built in FM radio daily until her retirement.

It's clear from the tone of your post though that dissent is useless.

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>Tell that to my mother, who used her phone's built in FM radio daily until her retirement.

An older woman close on retirement is not exactly having her finger on the pulse of what's current, does she now?

I mean, I'm giving an example of a similar obsolete feature ("like not having a floppy disk drive an modern PCs") and your counter-argument is what a retiree does?

Might as well have replied "well, my grandfather rocks floppy disks on his 286 just fine".

mongol12y ago

The FM radio is the feature I value most on my Samsung phone. But it depends on where you live perhaps. Public service radio where I live is very good and its much easier to use than any podcast when the things they broadcast live is on air.

EDIT: actually I value most the web browser and the internet connection, but as an app, it is close to the top

Oletros12y ago

> Might as well have replied "well, my grandfather rocks floppy disks on his 286 just fine".

Well, it is clear that you like stupid analogies and you have not clear what it is obsolete or not and radio is not obsolete.

lostlogin12y ago

I haven't listened to the radio since I got a smart phone and know many in the same position. My crappy anecdata isn't any kind of data point but radio listeners must surely be in decline - podcasts are my replacement. If I wanted non stop adverts I'd watch TV.

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