I found that quite interesting: After the boomboxes went away, "outdoors" music got more personal, less communal. You had your CD/MD/MP3 players and listened with headphones.
Now common/cheap BT speakers made public music listening en vogue again. Just right for me to enter my grumpy old man phase, but interesting nonetheless. (And to be honest, it beats the sheer cringe level of someone carrying around a vintage portable record player)
This also seems to make it more acceptable to listen to music/videos on your smartphones external speakers, so I'm willing to bet that having better ones will be a factor for current/future development.
Not sure everyone blaring his own music is a good thing. Doubly true in the era where lots of music has cusses and otherwise age-inappropriate content; I can't imagine people with little kids appreciate it. Besides, it's just rude for one to force his personal tastes on another. Headphones are cheap; no one likes the guy blaring tacky rap music and forcing everyone else to hear it.
Now common/cheap BT speakers made public music listening en vogue again. Just right for me to enter my grumpy old man phase, but interesting nonetheless. (And to be honest, it beats the sheer cringe level of someone carrying around a vintage portable record player)
This also seems to make it more acceptable to listen to music/videos on your smartphones external speakers, so I'm willing to bet that having better ones will be a factor for current/future development.