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Dave and Chris discuss a collaboration of big tech companies to combat online scams, Amazon’s new 30-minute delivery option, Netflix testing a new Ai-driven voice search, , and more.
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Casey in Tennessee asked: “Hi Dave, just wondering, what has become of Sirius XM radio? I just haven’t heard much about them lately and Some of the comments online about them seem rather negative”
Casey, Sirius XM is in a tough spot in the current media ecosystem. As of late theyve been adjusting away from their streaming attempts to mainly focus again on in-car entertainment, but even then theyre in a tough spot.
If youre read the reviews youve probably seen how much dissatisfaction there is when it comes to their subscriptions and how hard they make it to cancel.
Back in the day maybe that wouldve been less of a problem for them because they could at least pitch we dont have ads but now theyve had to introduce an ad-supported tier to keep prices somewhat lower (though still comparable with ad-supported Netflix, which still makes Sirius XM look pricy).
Theyve ended up in a position where they have worse sound quality than FM or streaming services, theyre as expensive as streaming services without ads (if not more expensive), while offering a worse choice of music and spoken content.
While Sirius XM has fake DJs who record short sound bites that get merged together to make it sound like a live DJ, streaming services like Apple Music have a full radio shows with interviews and human DJs, services like Spotify have full audio books, and basically everybody has an unlimited choice of music and podcasts, which will cover any topic you can think of, from sports to art in the Roman Empire, to the biology of insects.
That coupled with how famously hostile they are to their subscribers and how difficult they make cancelling or changing subscriptions, its not surprising that a lot of people are opting for other options these days.
Having said that, dont feel too bad about their decline, they still managed to make $2.09 billion in 2025.
Dug in Stevensville, Michigan called in to share his experience trying to upgrade to Windows 11
Dug said: “I listen to you guys every week on your podcast. You guys are always amazing Last week or the week before you gave me some advice on upgrading my tower computer from Windows 10 to Windows 11 I Did what you suggested I went to the website Everything went smooth. However Unfortunately, my particular computer is a piece of crap son-of-a-bitch goddamn junk and Cannot be upgraded to Windows 11. So I will be moving on to a new computer soon However, what they did do for me was allow me six more months of Windows 10 updates So my computer will stay current until October of this year Which gives me plenty of time to shop for a new computer, which is well appreciated Just wanted to let everybody know that that happened and that is an option They’re amazing, thank you again.”
Thank you, Dug
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