I maaaay have taken my phone on an accidental trip in a pool and was given an old phone to use as temporary. Has a headphone port. Saw the radio app and realized how do many of my smart phones even had radio access even though they all are capable. Bastards

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[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Losing FM radio helps then track you and spy on you,

;_; inescapable

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Still worth documenting the ways they accomplished the inescapable situation we now how, in my opinion anyway

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You can still buy cheap tiny portable fm radios, old or new, if that is your thing.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yes but that's not really the point though.

This is about enshittification.

You now HAVE to buy a separate device instead of the wireless communication that uses radio frequency and is already in your pocket

It was a hardware feature that existed simply because it was the hardware they put in the phones to do other things as well. A onus feature that gave you increased value, until they removed the headphone jack that was and is still a contentious

[–] Ushmel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah esp if tracking is the core issue.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Did you know wifi signals can now be used by providers to track your discreet position in your own home

It just gets worse and worse for privacy, and I'm not even close to the deepend of the privacy concerned people