Meh, the last two Hummers I bought had a few months of it still activated. It's nice for longer trips, and when I had it for free I'd generally listen to it instead of local stations. When the subscriptions ran out and I had to go back to local stations or recorded mp3s I didn't really care. I will say the quality/clarity was noticeably better with sat than regular radio stations, but now that I've swapped my stock antenna for a shorty (for trees and bushes on trails) I've noticed the regular radio quality is better.