The auto industry is marketing lucrative subscription services for audio and GPS.
I was about to suggest that the suppression of RFI from all the electronics in the new cars that's necessary to enable decent AM reception comes with a cost, but you may be closer to the mark.
Yes, that's a big part of the problem.
And streaming is another way to simultaneously make you poorer while identifying your location and invading what’s left if your privacy.
A three-fer for Deep State.
“The auto industry is marketing lucrative subscription services for audio and GPS.”
Anymore, at least for me when driving, the competition for radio and the endless commercials is silence. I suspect its not entirely just me being old and grumpy.
There really is little reason to turn on the radio.
Streaming services can be just as bad. I believe the “Ad supported model” in broadcast/streaming simply doesnt work and is detrimental to providing anything of entertainment value.
I also posit that most if not all internet content cannot be profitable - because there is no way they make it worthwhile to sit through ads, and nobody can afford to “go ad free” on every individual information/entertainment service they may happen upon.