# Sirius XM is really starting to suck **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** radio-podcast\ **Created:** [March 31, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-is-really-starting-to-suck/939071 "2021-03-31T06:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-is-really-starting-to-suck/939071/11 "2021-03-31T13:46:34Z")
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.) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-is-really-starting-to-suck/939071)._