I'm lucky enough to live in an area with a lot of terrestrial radio service, some of it public access (like the classical station) that is paid for by grants and has no commercials. That's usually what I have on.
there are tons of streaming radio stations with no ads
Yes, but someone is still seeing you stream them. If you're worried about someone knowing what you listen to in order to compile a profile, then you're going to want to avoid those as well.
I do listen to streaming sometimes, I have Radio Caroline on tonight. They have ads, but they aren't terribly intrusive like some terrestrial stations are. Some of the local radio stations have more ads than program now.
it's broadcast, all they know is you were tuned into it. use a vpn, and don't listen to corporate radio. most of the ones i have in my radio desktop widget are weird independent stuff. anyway, my point is that there are still lots of non-data-sucking options out there. use 'em!
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