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I wonder what is the rationale. Will be shitty if all FM radios become bricks because of some stupid push to obsolete them.

Or is there a smarter plan, like using the bandwidth for something more worthy than FM radio?

UPDATE

Some more FM advantages:

Fast channel changing.

Better reception. There is a station in my city that transmits both DAB and FM. Their DAB signal has chronic cut-outs but their FM station is good enough. And in general, weak FM signals are still useful while weak DAB signals are unusable. So a DAB-only policy marginalises people who live remote from the cities.

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

The IoT stuff needing it's own bands can get in the sea, imho.
Need to actually speak to the internet? Use one of the usual standard ways of connecting wirelessly. Need to communicate locally? Use one of the many options there (433/868/2.4/5)

It would end up with probably one national provider charging a mint for the service.