Bluetooth as surrender mechanism

It should be present, perky, wanting to help. You turn the device on and it connects. It tells you it’s connected. Status is relayed. This is feedback, nourishing dialogue.

I own a portable speaker that tells you the battery life and where it’s connected when you power it on, and provides no noise when you turn it off.

I own a pair of headphones that gives a little two-note basso note that shows it’s connected. A blurb appears on your device, showing the thing is ready. (Not fully the protocol, but also not-not the protocol.)

I own a different speaker, a stationary one, that always stays connected when you tell it to connect from the device. Wide range, no fuss. You get to learn range on a conceptual level. If you forget to disconnect, then move around the house, eventually it will connect again and your audio will start playing there instead of where you expect it to. This is what it’s like for technology to quietly, dumbly demand a thing.