Man, no one mentioned the death of FTA when ImagineAsia left....
Anyway, that I got any network stations was just icing on the cake. Obviously, the more network stations there are, the better. Personally, I love the feeds and the International stuff, I could camp on Ia5 and G3c all day.
Before this, I was a big shortwave fan -- still am to an extent. Shortwave was supposed to die in the mid 60s. (AM was supposed to die in the 40s) Who did it begin to lose popularity to? Satellite. I'm picking up more radio channels than I ever did on shortwave.
Lyngsat just mentioned that September was their biggest month in terms of visits. While most of that traffic probably isn't from US/Canada, it doesn't suggest a dying hobby.
It sucks to lose channels. It especally sucks to lose unique channels (meanwhile Daystar has 6 channels?!?), but fortunately we've still got most of the networks still up there in one form or another. For all we know, others will pop up in the future. They may not last forever, but knowing that can help soften the blow.