We all know the modern complaint: movie sound sucks now unless you have a high-end sound system. Frantically turning down the volume after turning it up to hear the dialogue only to need to turn it up again can be frustrating. Now, this doesn’t solve the underlying problem, but why not have a “Volume A” and “Volume B” you can easily set and toggle between with the simple press of a button?
If a director’s vision involves either potentially disturbing neighbours or not being able to understand dialogue, fuck their vision. I’d much rather my devices be controlled by what I want, not anyone else’s desires.
And the existence of idiots doesn’t mean everything needs to be limited so that the idiots won’t screw themselves. We exist in an age where if you don’t understand something, you can easily look up information about it. Enshittification might ruin that over time but it hasn’t done so yet. And it can be designed in a way that can make it easier to figure out. Don’t stick it deep in the settings, make it easy to find in “volume settings” or “audio settings” with preset options that cover common sound system setups. If such a system were common, then plenty of people will learn it and know what’s up when grandma’s TV only plays the music track very loudly (which actually might be kinda nice if you just have the TV playing for background noise).