Why is Ham Radio still a thing?

It is a valid use of the public airwaves, and it is an emergency communucations network, etc.

boys and their toys

Cause Bacon Radio has not been released yet.

Why is anything still a thing? People like it.

Old school will never go away.lol!

It's one of our last and only resources to get information out in a lot of rural areas.

Can't it reach farther audiences?

Don't know, the magic is gone

https://interestingengineering.com/when-the-internet-and-cell-phone-networks-go-down-amateur-radio-operators-step-up