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Do you still listen to the radio? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The thing with streaming services for me is the complete lack of humanity. Don't get me wrong, I sub to Apple Music and use it quite a lot, but when I'm cooking dinner and want a person playing music to me, making recommendations, and just chatting away, there's no substitute for human-presented radio.

Algorithmic recommendations are fine, but there's something about clicking with a piece of music that someone has encouraged me to check out.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    This is the only reason I keep a Sirius/XM subscription going (that and I got a cheap rate after trying to quit). While DJs are mostly insufferable, some of them do know what they’re doing and can prep a set list, talk intelligently about it, and give you more than just algo-slop.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    That can be especially effective on some of the genre-specific stations. I almost feel like I’m learning something when Richard Blade is on First Wave and he can really put together a set. Billy Idol is almost funny with how quickly he announces songs but if he has a guest it’s usually a fascinating conversation.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    The thing with streaming services for me is the complete lack of humanity.

    My favourite feature. But then, I live in a country where Kyle Sandilands was popular and each 2 minute song is interrupted by 4 minutes of gambling ads.

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