[Apreche]

I think a lot of this scourge is actually caused by the elimination of the headphone jack. For nerds it may come as a surprise, but many people do not have wireless headphones, or don’t know how to set them up. Or because wireless earbuds are small without any cable attached, people lose them. Or people have them, but they run out of power.

Any of these problems could force a person to resort to using their speaker instead of headphones. But if we had standard heapdhone jacks like the old days, there would be far fewer excuses.

It also doesn’t help that it’s been a very long time since phones came with headphones included.

[sagarm]

USB headphones and USB-headphone jack adapters exist. Just leave the adapter connected to your wired headphones.

[AndrewDucker]

I have a pair just like that, as an emergency backup

[Fezzik]

The bigger scourge is people feeling they are entitled to broadcast their media in public spaces. You’re not. Ever. Stop it.