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Phones should have FM radio again (www.spacebar.news)
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[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never bought a phone without FM radio. I regard it as an emergency tool.

[–] dufkm@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That doesn't help much if your country has shut down FM broadcasting though.

[–] yetanaika@feddit.cl 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't even know that DAB exists.

It would be very, very hard to make old and rural people switch in my country. We still have analog tv for the same reason. 🇨🇱

[–] aram855@feddit.cl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oye weon que andai haciendo acá jaja

[–] yetanaika@feddit.cl 1 points 1 year ago

Haciendo acto de presencia

[–] Hobart_the_GoKart@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So long Radio Free Europe

[–] dufkm@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shutting down FM broadcasting doesn't mean shutting down radio; if you read the link, you'll see that DAB is taking it's place in those places.

[–] Hobart_the_GoKart@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for clarifying, I didn't understand that in the article.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Well, that's surely something to consider, but it's still not a fact. I wouldn't even expect that to happen in my country any time soon. I know radio is struggling right now, but I also know I can stream live FM radio stations from all over the world.