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The place it annoys me is airports. Some have music, some have TVs playing news and ads. But virtually everyone there has a smartphone and headphones--if we wa

The place it annoys me is airports. Some have music, some have TVs playing news and ads. But virtually everyone there has a smartphone and headphones--if we wanted to hear audio, we'd play our own.

im3w1l 9y ago
I like having a shared experience with people around me.
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- thisacctforreal 9y ago
  Taken further, some people might want different "audio zones" in their vehicles[1]. I mean, sure, you could, but is sometimes having to compromise really so bad? It feels like nowadays everything is about unique content tailored to our individual tastes, without compromise, and that we should each be sheltered from any experiences we might dislike. Or not be "engaged" by. [1] https://m.phys.org/news/2013-05-speaker-cars-audio-zones-front.html https://m.phys.org/news/2013-05-speaker-cars-audio-zones-fro...
  - tomxor 9y ago
    My problem with piped music is not that it's not personalised... just that 99% of the time it's complete trash, it's so bad I actually find it offensive. I'm hardly a consumer so it doesn't affect me much but there are still other places you have to be where you can't escape it. Every time I go to the barber I get subjected the latest pop trash, it's so crap it sometimes makes me feel a little physically sick. I don't need it personalised, I just need it absent.
- smelendez 9y ago
  The problem is that people are trying to have different experiences at the airport. Some people are trying to work, some people want to sleep, some people are reading or watching their own media. I'll sometimes go to an unoccupied gate if I need to make a phone call, since nobody wants to share that.
- kazagistar 9y ago
  Seattle airport had some live music in a large public space, and it was a great shared experience. Piped music is not an experience in the same way, not in the slightest.
jasonkostempski 9y ago
They also have important announcements I can never understand because of all that other stuff.
krrrh 9y ago
I noticed TVs in DAL muted with an invitation to download the Tunity app if you wanted to listen [1]. Id rather therr were no TVs, but this is a reasonable compromise. [1] https://qz.com/465630/theres-an-app-to-listen-to-silent-tvs-in-public-places-and-it-might-just-help-tv-take-on-the-web/ https://qz.com/465630/theres-an-app-to-listen-to-silent-tvs-...
drdeadringer 9y ago
Some years ago I was introduced to Brian Eno's 'Music For Airports', a set of music intentionally created to be played specifically in airports. Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJg-vE3k-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJg-vE3k-E The Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxm_6URL8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxm_6URL8M

The place it annoys me is airports. Some have music, some have TVs playing news and ads. But virtually everyone there has a smartphone and headphones--if we wanted to hear audio, we'd play our own.

im3w1l 9y ago

I like having a shared experience with people around me.

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thisacctforreal 9y ago
Taken further, some people might want different "audio zones" in their vehicles[1]. I mean, sure, you could, but is sometimes having to compromise really so bad? It feels like nowadays everything is about unique content tailored to our individual tastes, without compromise, and that we should each be sheltered from any experiences we might dislike. Or not be "engaged" by. [1] https://m.phys.org/news/2013-05-speaker-cars-audio-zones-front.html https://m.phys.org/news/2013-05-speaker-cars-audio-zones-fro...
- tomxor 9y ago
  My problem with piped music is not that it's not personalised... just that 99% of the time it's complete trash, it's so bad I actually find it offensive. I'm hardly a consumer so it doesn't affect me much but there are still other places you have to be where you can't escape it. Every time I go to the barber I get subjected the latest pop trash, it's so crap it sometimes makes me feel a little physically sick. I don't need it personalised, I just need it absent.
smelendez 9y ago
The problem is that people are trying to have different experiences at the airport. Some people are trying to work, some people want to sleep, some people are reading or watching their own media. I'll sometimes go to an unoccupied gate if I need to make a phone call, since nobody wants to share that.
kazagistar 9y ago
Seattle airport had some live music in a large public space, and it was a great shared experience. Piped music is not an experience in the same way, not in the slightest.

jasonkostempski 9y ago

They also have important announcements I can never understand because of all that other stuff.

krrrh 9y ago

I noticed TVs in DAL muted with an invitation to download the Tunity app if you wanted to listen [1]. Id rather therr were no TVs, but this is a reasonable compromise. [1] https://qz.com/465630/theres-an-app-to-listen-to-silent-tvs-in-public-places-and-it-might-just-help-tv-take-on-the-web/ https://qz.com/465630/theres-an-app-to-listen-to-silent-tvs-...

drdeadringer 9y ago

Some years ago I was introduced to Brian Eno's 'Music For Airports', a set of music intentionally created to be played specifically in airports. Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJg-vE3k-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJg-vE3k-E The Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxm_6URL8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxm_6URL8M