Technology back-tracking drives me nuts;
Used to be, (the old man said), used to be you would turn on a radio, and that was it. No drop-outs, no spying on neighbor's wifi.
Today, I fumble with (Anoidra)...ok it's an Android piece of cap.s. As I fumble around, attaching charger and headphones, the little screen flashes:
"Contacts list is using BATTERY."
...WHAT...THE...
![Huh? ???](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
The smart phone, was $85 roughly, (drug store product). Am/ Fm RADIO was $19 a decade ago. But you can't get it, at least not at local retail outlets.
That wouldn't be so bad, if..eewww: DROPOUTS!
I get at least 5 dropouts soon after the radio talk show gets downloaded, correctly, and without the usual numerous false starts to loading and playing.
(I think it's 'Iheart' talk radio server). At any rate, suspicion is, that's ffft up by design;
GET THE APP,...(stupid).
Old days, you'd turn radio on. End of drama.
I even took it to second level;
Purchased 'ANDROID FR DUMMIES'...
What was I thinking ? That book is just chocka fulla ADVERTISEMENTS, for more adnoid crap.
Now, we all get to have an AI assigned to us, like some boring old 1965 SPY NOVEL.