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Another hot take: every device where Bluetooth isn't the sole method of interacting with the device (think AirPods), you should be able to turn off Bluetooth.

You haven't seen hell before you've seen a speaker with Bluetooth that you can't turn off and you can't stop your neighbours from accessing. Or more specifically, heard hell.



What is it with the lack of pairing?!

My phone is paired with my car--but the bluetooth audio in the car will pick up whatever signal it hears regardless. Including from the car next to me.


No idea. Best guess is "convinience", but that fades away pretty quickly after being scared by a stranger taking over your speeakers.


Hear, hear! After being woken up at 6am a few too many times because of a bluetooth speaker like this, I swore off all bluetooth speakers.




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