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The iPhone has generated white noise since iOS 2015 [0]. How difference is the effect of the Spotify lists you use vs ios’ white/brown/green noise?

[0] https://www.rd.com/article/iphone-white-noise/

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You just have to look in the bottom drawer of the locked filing cabinet marked "tax returns", in the sub-basement room with a sign on the door saying "beware of the tiger".

  Head to your iPhone’s Settings.
  Next, tap Accessibility.
  On the Accessibility page, find Audio/Visual and select it.
  From there, search for “Background Sounds” and toggle it on.

Wild. Why is it under accessibility?

Some people (often autistic) need these types of noise to get through a day because they are sound sensitive. So it was originally added for them.

Much like a lot of accommodations for disabled people, it turns out to be useful for a lot of other folks too. :)

Accessibility is the last line of defense in fight for general ergonomics, because it sets legal limits on how shitty and user-abusive the UI/UX can get.

Ask any software tester: “if I can’t get to that screen element, how is a screen reader supposed to?”

In a similar vein, I always enable 3-finger drag on my Mac. This used to be in Touchpad settings, but it's now in accessibility.

It’s absolutely wild to me that this isn’t the default. I can hardly believe people can use trackpads without it and not rip their hair out.

Apple loves stuffing features and settings under accessibility. They are technically not wrong, but it's getting a little weird.

Sorry, somewhat off-topic, but this article is a great example why LLMs will beat old-school web search. Huge article full of stuff you already known of you got there via search and the entire valuable content is just this:

"Here’s how to play white noise on your iPhone, step-by-step:

Head to your iPhone’s Settings. Next, tap Accessibility. On the Accessibility page, find Audio/Visual and select it. From there, search for “Background Sounds” and toggle it on."

No more garbage for SEO! What is white noise? Why would you want to play white noise? Who created white noise? When did it become popular? How to play white noise on iPhone. Conclusion.

You don't need a LLM for that. Old-school web search can excerpt only the step-by-step instruction on the search results page.

Now of course, you get lawsuits from site owners because a visitor can get the information needed without actually visiting the site which is detrimental to the site owner's ad revenue. Expect this kind of lawsuits to continue as LLMs become popular.

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