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Dial Up. Yeah I know the sound and I know the time it took to load anything with. But it's something I won't ever miss having. I would much rather be on a 1MB connection if I had to choose between that or dial up ever again. I also hated how easy it was to be kicked off, if anyone called the phone, you were off it in seconds.

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[–] Chairsareoverrated@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Listening to the radio

Limited selection, constant ads, and hit or miss sound quality. Digital music and podcasts are better in every way. The only thing I really miss is discovering new music on a local college radio station.

[–] TheInsane42@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great, reading this while listening to the radio, huge stereo wall, Onkio tuner, FM antenna in the attic, coax cable trough the house,... I have a constant quality and yes, internet radio is a tad better, but the biggest issue there is the delay. When you have radio in multiple rooms, the different delays are a use sourec of irritation. Also my wife finds the sount to harsh witn sattelite radio or DAB.

As long as FM is available, I'll use it for radio. When it's end of the road for FM, I'll switch to my own collection. (And in the car, no alternative to FM, CD of cassette)

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the radio, huge stereo wall, Onkio tuner, FM antenna in the attic, coax cable trough the house

hell yeah!! I loved listening to the radio growing up.

[–] TheInsane42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I still like it, but it's more background music. The programming went from vertical (every day another style the whole day long) to horizontal (every day, same style at the same hours), which is really boring.

[–] LongPigFlavor@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still listen to the radio in my car even though I have Bluetooth. My car is an older model and there are times when it will stop auto connecting and I'll have to connect it again. So, I'd rather just listen to the radio

[–] Chairsareoverrated@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] LongPigFlavor@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

It's not too bad. My favorite radio stations so far are 98.7 The Gator and NPR. As for commercials I mostly tune them out, but some I find pretty humorous and entertaining.

[–] Bilbo@hobbit.world 5 points 1 year ago

I personally prefer silence over radio.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This makes me so happy about our community radio station. We lost the ok commercial station (had an "alternative rock" station that played good music and hosted awesome concerts). But kept the nonprofit community station, and good radio is a joy.