No more radios in cars?

I see an expanding market for "dash-topper" accessories that add carplay & analog radio, among other features.

My local market has no radio worth listening to, and it's been over 20 years since I've gained a benefit from traffic advisories hosted on low power roadside transmitters.

I'm on the fence about satellite radio- every now and then I get a rental car that has an active subscription and I've found one channel I like- but I haven't found a subscription plan that gives anything close to a good price for one channel's worth of consumption.

I'd love to see the next level up- something that covers the stock touchscreen. The outer, driver-facing side could have physical switches for the driver to manipulate, the inside would have mechanical "fingers" to tap the correct areas in the correct sequences to repeat the desired control inputs into the touchscreen. Could even still include a video display for the rear vision system.

We can dream...

 

On long drives out here on West coast I go thru both AM and FM non-stop and my favorite is an am radio show near Salem, Oregon that only plays the best material from comedians live on stage.

Other than that, the level of dishonest hatred and straight up pro-oligarch corruption and xenophobic white dudes brainwashing people to support the Trump agenda never seems to decrease, always seems to increase. So all those losers trained to vote against their own interests would benefit if their next car didn't have a radio. Of course those same people made themselves so broke by who they voted for they won't probably ever again be able to afford a new car.

 

I have a $5 plan from xm

I use Radio App to listen to remote stations anywhere