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It's hard to believe they weren't acquired. The amount of driving data they have must be huge.

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They were, SiriusXM acquired them just over three years ago: https://blog.automatic.com/automatic-siriusxm-4dfbc9a6885c

SiriusXM not shutting down yet?

Highly unlikely. The big money sink is already spent (launching the satelites).

The satellites are likely much cheaper than the ongoing costs for content.

It looks like they are spending over $2B annually on content fees. They could launch a lot of satellites with $2B per year.

SpaceX should strike a deal with Spotify (StarLink “Constellation” as a competitor to SiriusXM)!

Why would spotify even need spacex? I mean... it's just the internet...they already have access to that, and so does everyone else. 4g connectivity to your car is probably simple and could be done if needed or a lot of people just link their phone to the radio.

Just as XM has use case specific hardware just for audio in cars and semi trucks, you’d need a StarLink terminal to get just audio content over StarLink’s constellation. Hence, a deal with a content provider (Tesla did this with Slacker radio in their cars).

Not every vehicle might need or want a full blown satellite ground terminal that can provide IP service.

Wow, they spend $2B/year on content and somehow manage to only have Clearchannel garbage stations? They're getting ripped off.

Satellites cost a ton to maintain, and need to be replaced eventually.

They just launched two fresh ones last year so they’re good for the next 15-20 years

They are kept alive by how annoying it is to cancel the service and avoid future 'complimentary' reactivations.

If you live in California, you can require them to delete your information so that they can't contact you about your radio ID any longer.

Perhaps there is better datasets for sale.

The added information compared to what Google or Apple are collecting is perhaps ODB metrics, but I'm not sure whether ODB metrics of gaz cars have a lot of value.

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