Sound effects communicate information while you can't look. Looking is the primary output of computers now, so we no longer need to hear that which we can't see

Sound effects communicate information while you can't look. Looking is the primary output of computers now, so we no longer need to hear that which we can't see; Because we see everything. In art, audio creates mood. An operating system isn't a piece of art to marvel at, it's the blank canvas upon which apps and games are painted. Those make the richest sounds to date!