Sirius XM is really starting to suck

Yeah, I just use my phone. My wife’s car came with six months of Sirius XM and it was nice, but even just listening to the stand-up channels, within a few weeks I was noting repetitive content, and by the time my six months was up, I knew nearly all the content on the comedy channels. So I never bought a subscription.

On the phone, meanwhile, for free I have easy access to thousands of radio stations across the world using Radio Garden (I have several other radio apps, but that’s my favorite). Plus I have Pandora and Spotify for more customized playlists (though those don’t have as many surprises as I’d like). I have my entire music (and video) library available anywhere in the world via Plex (and then I also have content on my phone if I’m in a spotty cell phone area.) I can stream many albums or stand-up routines for free via Youtube, as well. There’s just multitudes of varied content sources to choose from.

The only advantage for satellite to me is signal coverage. When I get in the middle of boofoo Illinois on the way to St. Louis, there are places my signal drops or isn’t fast enough to stream. But 95% of my driving is not in places with a weak signal, and, besides, I have content on my phone to keep me occupied if that happens (I often will preload some podcasts and such as backup.)