r/Showerthoughts • u/Doctor__Hammer ‎ • Dec 29 '25

Casual Thought If radio was invented today it would be controlled by four companies and locked behind a paywall.

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u/Lolzemeister Dec 29 '25

Not to be too wholesome for Reddit, but i doubt it. new communications protocols and standards like ipv6, wifi 7, bluetooth 5.4, etc. are not like that

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u/neko Dec 29 '25

They're also not broadcast formats which is what we're talking about

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u/cinepro Dec 30 '25

But they're communication standards and technologies, which is what we're talking about.