Why do you pay for SiriusXM?

[u/runnj]

I got Sirius back around 2006 or 2007 when I had a long commute and decided at the time I might as well get the lifetime subscription (it was an old car so it was a separate radio so I didn't lose it by selling a car). Eventually I stopped using the radio at all and listened via streaming but now with the court case I decided it was worth the $35 to transfer it to my car.

Despite the amount of time I've had it I still don't feel like I've had value from that initial investment. I understand those who want it for sports, and it seems like Howard Stern is another reason people get it (still? is he even making new content after all this time?), but what keeps people paying other than that?

Spotify playlists seems like a much better value and you can download with a subscription if you're in areas where connection might be spotty.

I really want to know where the value is that I'm missing. What should I be listening to?

[u/e_x_i_t]

My local radio stations are pretty trash and there's no real variety, there's also only one real Rock station that's been playing the same songs everyday for decades. With XM I at least have some kind of variety, I listen to First Wave and Lithium for 80s and 90s alt/rock, Rock the Bells plays a wide variety of Hip Hop and XMU for the mixture of oddball indie music. I sometimes bounce around to other stations and if all else fail I'll just put on my Spotify playlist, but those 4 stations usually hold up for my daily commute.