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.
▲why is the medium relevant at all? what does radio do that a podcast cant
reply▲kube-system42 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.
mrandish21 minutes ago
[-] Radio has an almost orthogonally inverse set of failure modes than internet streaming.
reply▲ux26647844 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.
reply▲Internet.connection (∴ tracking) not required
reply▲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.
reply▲Work without internet infrastructure
reply▲sergiomattei59 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.
tonypapousek59 minutes ago
[-] Emergency broadcast is a big one, as well as location-specific information like road conditions.
reply▲Count how many subscriptions are between you and that podcast.
reply▲>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.
Craighead41 minutes ago
[-] It's literally absurdity that you even wrote this at all.
reply▲what does a movie theater screen do that a phone screen can’t?
reply▲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”
reply▲iAMkenough42 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.
I didn’t say any of those three things.
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