>Then again, does anyone actually want loud beeps and bright lights on home appliances? Who are those people? Presumably the same people who leave every sound

>Then again, does anyone actually want loud beeps and bright lights on home appliances? Who are those people? Presumably the same people who leave every sound effect switched on [usually full volume] on their phone. So, when sitting near them on a bus or train, you have to suffer an endless cacophony of bleeps, buzzes and bells as thye do... <whatever the feck it is morons do, that requires you can't be separated from your phone for more than a nanosecond> ...for the entire journey.