Do we all know about the alternate soundtrack? No.
You might not realize how new-gadget-averse many old people are. Add a major sensory loss, and it becomes worse, not better. They just want to feel normal. Adding extra stuff to learn and remember doesn't do that for them. Some of them want to do this, and will reap the advantages, but to force the elderly to do anything amounts to pushing a giant ball of butter up a sand dune in the Sahara.
The mute button is another alternative.
I'm surprised that someone who believes in individual initiative and in letting business pretty much do what it wants is so resistant to a simple, do-it-yourself solution like this. Or maybe it's just because we're talking about the media.
It doesn't matter that TV narration offends your sensibilities. You have options. Other people have fewer options, and for you to advocate cutting them off from one they traditionally have because of an aesthetic concern when you can fix it yourself doesn't work for me.
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