I actually use my stereo a lot. It’s nice to have some tunes on top-down drives. My system is all Pioneer, both head unit and speakers. The head unit is AM/FM/CD/AUX mounted right under the dash, but all I use it for is for bluetooth from my phone. The speakers are 8” round bass/mid/domed tweeter units in the doors and sound good even when pushed. My exhaust is pretty loud so I have to run the stereo volume up around 34% but that’s ok.
If I were installing a system today, I would go with a hidden head unit and bluetooth and be done with it.