"Volume Should Be Turned Down" (Apple Mistakes Speakers for Headphones)

I honestly can't believe we're still having to bring this up. MOST people are connecting to their car via bluetooth, and it shouldn't be that hard to maintain a database of devices that are simply bluetooth receivers as opposed to actual headphones.

If you want to send a notification that my headphones are too loud, that's fine with me - I even don't mind that I can't turn that notification off. What I mind is having my volume cut in half every single time I try to use my phone because I'm inundated with alerts that my headphones are too loud.

Here's what happens: when you lower the input level of your source audio to your amplifier, you must increase your output at the amplifier. This necessarily introduces noise - and some in-dash receivers don't have a very powerful amp, so it also reduces their ability to amplify the sound.

I understand that the alert has stopped actually lowering the volume immediately, but it always lowers it automatically once that session is finished. For me - overnight, that means my white noise app gets cut in half after my alarm goes off. An alarm that is way too quiet for me to even hear, because my volume is cut in half.

This is an overreach and, well-intentioned as it might be, is causing the single most effective motivation I've EVER had to completely abandon Apple products. I care how my stuff sounds. Please stop sticking your fingers into my audio life.

Has anyone found a way to work around this nanny-state nuisance yet? Much appreciated...

-Tony