One can choose whether to answer/make calls/look at internet on their phone. You can have it on you and not engage with it. I sometimes watch TV and find it's annoying me. I switch ot off, I don't unplug it and put it at the end of the garden.
Ha, I suppose it does sound a bit like that until you see the people on their phone non stop. I think not looking at one's phone for between 5 and 7 hours at a time during the day is a relatively long time. We are talking about days off though, at work I'm constantly on the ****ing thing...
Why? Unless you are one of those dribbling idiots who just stares at and prods their phone all day no-matter whose company they are in then I see no need to control your phone use. I switch it to DND if I need to concentrate and have a general rule of leaving it in another room at home, checking...