The technology for this has existed for 20+ years and is actually fairly common. It’s often referred to as dynamic range compression. I think the chief complaint here is that it needs to be more accessible. Pre-applying it would mess up too many use cases.
Yeah no kidding, this guy uses decibel scale but doesn’t understand decibel scale. I fucking hate leaf blowers but 55dB seems like a reasonable starting point to me. It won’t even barely reach your yard from a neighbor’s.
I love a lot of the ideas in this thread but a ton of them are actually consequential.
There was a time when this wasn’t a thing. It wasn’t even that long ago (for some of us)
Having a conversation with a voice assistant in public should be a minor felony.
RIP TacoButtPlug, we hardly knew ye
I think it’s just to stop the prongs from scuffing other things in the same package compartment. Usually you’ll get the cord in a bag or with the plastic but not both. With the cord is in a section of the packaging with other items it keeps them from getting scratched.