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Maybe the market should decide. No one is forcing you to buy a ticket to the show and separate you from your phone.
If the policy is clearly stated during the purchase process, sure. If it's something that's just announced at the door, after you've bought the (generally non-refundable) tickets, no.
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Is that really necessary? Our parents didn't have that luxury, and we turned out fine...
Except for all the cases in which things didn't turn out fine, but would have if a cellphone had existed, and that you never really heard about. (minor grammar edit)
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I'm more likely to get killed by a fall in the tub than by a terrorist, yet I don't fear going into the shower without my phone. Fearing terrorism is a consequence of innumeracy. Do you carry your cellphone in case you or a nearby person get struck by lightning too? More US citizens get struck (and killed) by lightning every year than die in terrorist attacks since 2001.
First, let me say that I'm not panicking about the probability of this actually happening, but: "I'm more likely to get killed by a fall in the tub than by a terrorist" is only true of an _arbitrary_ attack at an _arbitrary_ venue and time (and an _arbitrary_ bathtub :)). Events that use Yondr announce it ahead of time, waving a big flag that says "no one here will be able to call for help." The probability of an att…
Yondr means less (or at least less rapid) social media publicity for a terrorist act, so one could argue that it deters terrorists.
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> just show up later? When? The tickets usually don't say "oh yeah, the show scheduled for 20:00 actually starts 22:13".
Asking the venue usually works. IME a quick tweet on the day will get the stage times.
I'd opt to avoid a band that enforced or suggested this.
So, what about writing a song about it in which the artist ridicules them? Or in extreme cases stopping the performance until enough people put the phones away?
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Let's think of a million different hypothetical situations in which not having a phone is bad. Result: you sound helpless.
It does make me wonder how they cope when they travel overseas. Do they still use their phones as much there? Do they just accept the large bill?
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In other words, they don't confiscate, they deface the phones.
You've used the word 'deface' throughout this thread and I don't understand it. How is putting a phone in a bag defacing it?
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> you're going to want to call and check to see how things are going Yes. If you suffer from high levels of anxiety and don't trust your own decisions about who to trust, this is true. Many people, particularly Americans, are this way. It is not true for every parent, however.
Out of curiosity, do you have children?