Post #3175017

2023-07-15 07:43 UTC

@emag@strangeplace.me @feditips@mstdn.social Young people don't know that radios used to have station buttons. Oh well, young people maybe don't even know what a radio is. 📻

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@olive@tech.lgbt 2023-07-15 10:24

@appliedgo@c.im @emag@strangeplace.me oh that's interesting! made less relevant by auto-seek and then digital radios? similar mechanism to cassette players I guess.

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@feditips@mstdn.social 2023-07-15 11:13

@appliedgo@c.im @emag@strangeplace.me I think @vwestlife@mastodon.social did a really good job of explaining radio's advantages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBCIA2UoVEg No power supply or internet or any other infrastructure required, no subscription. Even equipment from approx. 100 years ago is still compatible. Modern tech is really weak and fragile. It is a sign of failure that new services require people to buy new equipment. Radio is really durable, and it's still the only way to communicate with a mass audience in a disaster situation.

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