I know what you mean by these comments and I don't disagree. It's a centralized, one way, transmission on FM.

But it still makes me sad. Radio, as a technology, is amazing. And I really liked the idea of low power FM stations serving very local communities.

It has as much a business model as cassettes but still, fm receivers are so cheap and easy to access compared to phones with decent internet.

Like imagine a HD radio broadcast with a QR code for zapping. It could be done.