@matigo compared to what I had rigged up in my Matrix, yes. The Prius has an audio system with proper Bluetooth support. In fact, it's easier to play stuff off my phone than it is to turn on the AM/FM radio (which, of course, I almost never use).
Meanwhile, my Matrix has a CD + Cassette Tape player. I had a Bluetooth speaker in there, which I could barely hear once I got up to freeway speeds.
@skematica You might find it very white in Couer d'Alene, though… at least it was when I lived in nearby Spokane 15+ years ago.
@matigo it IS a brand new car. That said, it will probably be a while before I do a road trip. :P
@skematica I think we'd have different problems if everyone drove electric/hybrid cars, given what's in lithium-ion batteries. Would it be worse than 400Ppm of CO2? I can't say.
That said, the thought of burning less fossil fuel is appealing. Also, reducing my contribution to noise pollution. Shocked at how quiet the car is.
Funny how the Prius gamifies driving, encouraging "ecologically friendly" behavior. #nt 
Even though I am burning less gas with my new Prius, it's got big batteries full of cobalt. The business of mining cobalt [washingtonpost.com] is not exactly clean…
@larand I have the disposable income, but I still prefer not to spend the money (especially AirPod kind of money) or charge bluetooth headphones.
I'm also of the opinion this problem will have better solutions by the time I upgrade my iPhone on the next cycle, either because of advancing technology or because Apple got so much backlash they put the headphone jack back in.
// @bazbt3 @ronnie
I'm glad most End of Quarter activity doesn't involve me. Calm before the storm, as it were.
@gtwilson when you consider what people had to work with 30 years ago, it's amazing any of it worked as well as it did. :P