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Do they care about the brand damage or the need to factor it into their product with hardware/software? I think the latter is significantly more likely.
by dagmx 2y ago
Do they care about the brand damage or the need to factor it into their product with hardware/software?
I think the latter is significantly more likely.
- lupusreal 2y agoIf they don't care about reception quality then they don't need to factor anything in; the AM radio would be a trivial addition to the FM radios they already have. But they lobbyied against this because they do care, they'd rather have no AM radio than one that works poorly.
- dagmx 2y agoThe key word is “addition”. That’s extra hardware, software/buttons regardless of how trivial
- lupusreal 2y agoIt's fuck-all hardware, FM and AM radios have been paired together since the 80s as an absolutely trivial expense; it probably costs them more to get FM hardware without the AM than to get both as a package. In fact their hardware is probably AM capable already, merely unexposed in the user interface. And buttons? Who is still making cars with real buttons for the radio?