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Re:A mysterious voice is haunting American Airlines’ in-flig... by thaumasiotes on Friday September 23, 2022 @09:35PM (#32959002)
> for safety reasons all the entertainment is paused when they use the public address system.

It's more common for the entertainment to be muted without being paused. I assume that's as a convenience to the passengers.

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Re:A mysterious voice is haunting American Airlines’ in-flig... by GekkePrutser on Friday September 23, 2022 @10:27PM (#32959244)
Yeah great convenience to miss part of the movie because they want to sell inflight shopping :P

I had totally forgotten about this because I haven't flown long-haul in decades. I suppose these days I would just watch video on my tablet anyway.

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Re:A mysterious voice is haunting American Airlines’ in-flig... by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 24, 2022 @01:18AM (#32959906)
> Yeah great convenience to miss part of the movie

Nobody said a feature implemented as a convenience to the user had to make things more convenient for the user. They're barely even related concepts.

https://chainsawsuit.krisstraub.com/20171207.shtml

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Re:A mysterious voice is haunting American Airlines’ in-flig... by philliphaydon on Friday September 23, 2022 @11:53PM (#32959613)
When I’ve been on long flights watching movies it pauses the movie. Not mute… maybe it depends on the airline.
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Re:A mysterious voice is haunting American Airlines’ in-flig... by iudqnolq on Friday September 23, 2022 @09:44PM (#32959050)
You're right, I forgot because I have just used my phone the last few years. Now I remember I always found it incredibly annoying because I'd miss part of the dialogue of what I was watching.
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