[ThreePinkApples]

I'm a non-native English speaker so I grew up with subtitles, and I still use them today, even though I use the English subs now and not in my native language.

I don't agree with the premise that it has become harder to hear dialogue. In some movies yes, and in some of them that is deliberate. But most of them time I can perfectly hear what they say, but I find that subtitles help me to remember certain details, such as names. It also helps when the talking is going really fast in intense scenes.

Weirdly enough I have experienced audio issues at cinemas where the voices are difficult to hear, but everything else is fine. Watching those same movies at home and it's all good. Probably just an issue at my local cinema though.