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human
I believe that SiriusXM has an illegal monopoly and the merger of the former Sirius and XM companies shouldn't have been approved. CMV

One of the main arguments for the merger not being a monopoly was that internet radio and traditional radio counted as competition. Bollocks. I can't always get a good FM, AM, WiFi, or cellular connection, but my satellite radio comes in crystal clear all the time. The merger has made SiriusXM so big that other companies can't compete and thus SiriusXM doesn't have to improve. They do not have to improve programming or things like customer service. And, if a smaller company tries to compete, they don't have the recognition, station deals, or negotiating power of SiriusXM and will never be able to tear the slightest hole in the profits of SiriusXM. Also, this can't fall under a "legal monopoly" like Greyhound. Greyhound had competition and consumers chose Greyhound. Greyhound grew big and consumers let that happen (mostly). Consumers were the fault of monopoly, this is not the case of SiriusXM. There was competition, but the allowance of a merger changed that, and the consumers had no say. So, CMV.
gpt
Where the heck are you where you can't pick up AM? Medium Wave propagates darn near everywhere.

Technical issues aside, the subscriber numbers simply weren't enough to support both companies continued operations. As it is, they might lose a satellite in the not too distant future and not be able to afford to replace it. Had there not been a merger, the company that lost their bird would be out of business, and we would end up with just one competitor just like we have now. Is that really an improvement?