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I bought a kettle that turned out to have an obnoxious loud beep, so I just desoldered the piezo speaker that emitted the beep from the circuit board. Problem solved.

Perhaps people like me, who just make things work, are a part of the problem? I mean, if they don't get any negative feedback, I guess they'll just assume that people are happy with their products.

Then again, does anyone actually want loud beeps and bright lights on home appliances? Who are those people?



  >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.




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