36 pointsby gscott3 hours ago1 comment
  • 866-RON-0-FEZan hour ago
    With everyone hating on AM radio (HN included) and thinking the EV automakers were right for eliminating it from cars, this was the inevitable result.
    • nh23423fefean hour ago
      why is the medium relevant at all? what does radio do that a podcast cant
      • kube-system22 minutes ago
        A podcast requires thousands of pieces of fragile infrastructure between the sender and receiver.

        Radio can send signals between continents with zero infrastructure between the sender and receiver.

      • ux26647823 minutes ago
        They live in different layers of "medium". This is like asking "What does piping do that juice doesn't?", they're not mutually exclusive.
      • twisman hour ago
        Internet.connection (∴ tracking) not required
      • ajs199836 minutes ago
        It's not just the medium. Streaming from the internet is a totally different product than radio. There's no reason we can't have both.
      • alnwlsn30 minutes ago
        Work without internet infrastructure
      • kgwxd4 minutes ago
        Count how many subscriptions are between you and that podcast.
      • tonypapousek38 minutes ago
        Emergency broadcast is a big one, as well as location-specific information like road conditions.
      • sergiomattei38 minutes ago
        AM is critical for emergency scenarios. When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, all our infrastructure was completely devastated.

        The only way to receive news or bulletins for weeks was just one remaining AM radio station that kept broadcasting even as the storm hit and their building began to flood.

      • ramesh31an hour ago
        >why is the medium relevant at all? what does radio do that a podcast cant

        Deliver the news to you anywhere and everywhere with a receiver that can be built from scavenged garbage. Terrestrial absolutely still has a place, and will most likely outlive the internet.

      • Craighead20 minutes ago
        It's literally absurdity that you even wrote this at all.
      • iAMkenoughan hour ago
        what does a movie theater screen do that a phone screen can’t?
        • nekzn28 minutes ago
          That’s right, nothing. “Movie theater attendance is well below pre-pandemic levels, with global cinema admissions hovering at roughly 64% of their historical peaks”
          • iAMkenough22 minutes ago
            Yes, lower sales performance means we should eliminate all movie theaters so our children never have the opportunity to experience them. Profits are the only factor.

            You’re right that experiencing a movie individually on a phone screen is the ideal medium.

            • nekzn18 minutes ago
              I didn’t say any of those three things.
              • iAMkenough17 minutes ago
                And I didn’t say “nothing.”