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I wonder what is the rationale. Will be shitty if all FM radios become bricks because of some stupid push to obsolete them.

Or is there a smarter plan, like using the bandwidth for something more worthy than FM radio?

UPDATE

Some more FM advantages:

Fast channel changing.

Better reception. There is a station in my city that transmits both DAB and FM. Their DAB signal has chronic cut-outs but their FM station is good enough. And in general, weak FM signals are still useful while weak DAB signals are unusable. So a DAB-only policy marginalises people who live remote from the cities.

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[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Dab reception is still shit indoors. I'm not going to drill an antenna through my house just to get better reception. So if FM falls, I won't be listening to the radio anymore.

[–] Patch@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

In your own home, couldn't you just use internet radio instead?

I mostly listen to BBC radio, and I default to listening over BBC Sounds rather than DAB when I've got a WiFi connection. I mostly only use DAB when I'm in the car or out in the garden.

[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 months ago

Yes. But i have a stereo with DAB capabilities. It's not ideal connecting via bluetooth to listen to internet radio.

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