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Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by twobitshifter on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:42PM (#34606064)
I bought a car and started using XM now. Most of our Spotify usage was choosing a popular playlist and letting it run rather than curating our own playlists or playing a particular song that we wanted to hear. For this type of listening, a radio like experience is actually better, and XM radio does a better job at variety and rotation than Clear Channel, which is optimized for ads and always running the biggest hits. It surprised me because I had thought XM was a dead product.
Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by woodruffw on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:46PM (#34606086)
I've heard this from other people, including my parents! Sirius XM seemingly does a good job of curating in a way that audiences appreciate.
Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by beardedetim on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:35AM (#34609165)
I only have ever had XM when it came with the car for a year intro period. Seriously the best "I just want tunes" radio!
Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by zbuf on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:59PM (#34632178)
I feel like pointing out that radio has a lot to add to this conversation.

Not just for pop, but for discovery of new music.

The quality varies regionally of course, so YMMV. But with internet access being ubiquitous, the choice of stations has never been wider.