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No Opt-Out on Subaru's SiriusXM Censorship
from the don't-treat-me-like-a-child dept.
The News Wheel reports [thenewswheel.com]
For 2015, Subaru added a family-friendly feature to its SirusXM satellite radio function for the Outback and the Legacy. Simply put, if you are listening to a station with risqué content and turn your car off with that station on, the next time you turn your car on, the radio will default to the SiriusXM preview station. That way, if you turn the car on with your kids in the backseat, they aren't immediately greeted by the raunchy content you listen to when it's just you and the open road.
Parents who have some secret radio fetishes probably benefit from this feature without even realizing it, but some drivers without kids are finding this feature insulting, invasive, and totally unnecessary. One 2016 Outback driver in particular, Vince Patton, took his concerns [automotiveitnews.org] to Automotive IT News, stating that channels such as Comedy Central, Laugh USA, and Comedy Greats were among the stations that automatically revert to the default preview station--and he's not happy about it.
[...]Before you ask, no, you can't turn this feature off, and that seems to be the sticking point for those who are angered by this.
