I'm a bit younger than you (only 50), but I've played in pub sessions for a quarter of a century or so. I don't need to offer credentials on that or anything else.

I've already told you what the only workable current strategem is in my own opinion. Read the post, please; feel free to disagree, but don't presume to accuse me of not caring. Protest is vital, but it must be done responsibly if it's to work. Hurting other people in order to make your point is not the way.