I hate that the default volume for everything is 100%, because

let’s say I’ve configured every piece of software on my computer to use the exact right volume. and then I open a new app that’s too quiet, even at the default volume of 100%

I can’t turn the 100% volume up higher than 100%, so now I have to raise my main volume in order to hear this one app, which means that all of my other apps are now too loud

so if I have one very very quiet app on my computer, because of that one app I have to set every other app to 40% volume or lower. and if for any reason those volume settings get reset, (like a game gets updated or I lose my config file) I’m going to get my ears blasted out

and also any time I open a new app that’s not too quiet by default, I’m going to get my ears blasted out too until I can get into the settings and turn the volume down

I would genuinely prefer that 0% volume be the default over 100%, but I think somewhere between 25% and 50% is probably ideal. either that or let me turn the volume up to 200%+ (which is the same thing but expressed differently)

@kasdeya maybe one day we'll rise to the level of setting decibels instead of decimals

the absolute worst is when I open a new game and it forces me to complete the tutorial before I can get into the settings and stop it from punching me in the ears

@kasdeya totally agree, in audio mixing ppl generally set the default volume of all channels around -3db to -10db for this reason