arcanemachined

Sounds like you need Stylus, or some other browser extension that allows for custom CSS rules.

Not disagreeing with your premise BTW.

Agreed. It was also before YouTube got really heavy-handed with the, ah, manual algorithmic interventions.

Don't forget the Chatr/Lucky/Public sub-econo-brands.

Your brother should write a book.

> What kind of people adopt a pet, and then release it into the wild?

Have you seen how much litter people throw on the ground? I think you might be giving the average person too much credit.

Pinephone users don't tend to mention that the phone is about as powerful as a Galaxy S3. So keep that in mind.

For iPhones, there is a background noise generator built into the phone (in Accessibility settings, controllable from the Control Center). On Android, a similar solution likely exists (one that continues to play even if other apps are playing audio).

You would just need to set one of those up, quiet enough not to be too annoying, but loud enough so that the stereo doesn't think its silent.

Also, there are audiobook players (for Android, at least) that skip over silent sections of the audio track.