The mobbish atmosphere of the comments to the article you linked is unpleasant to me, yes- but that's the case with most comment threads in public forums, and seems like a thing which is best ignored.
I figure that this isn't something we need a universal standard for, and what bugs me is the suggestion that we need and/or already have a universal standard. I'd much rather it be the case that theaters express policies clearly and enforce policies consistently, people choose theaters based on what qualities they like in a theater, and- ideally- there are a range of choices available. There are cases where I'd check text messages during a movie, knowing that the theater's policies forbade it, but a) I'd be trying to be discreet & would not be sending responses, because I know that I find the light bothersome, and b) it would need to be because I was keeping an eye out for a message important enough that being asked to leave and forfeiting the ticket price would be worth it.
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I figure that this isn't something we need a universal standard for, and what bugs me is the suggestion that we need and/or already have a universal standard. I'd much rather it be the case that theaters express policies clearly and enforce policies consistently, people choose theaters based on what qualities they like in a theater, and- ideally- there are a range of choices available. There are cases where I'd check text messages during a movie, knowing that the theater's policies forbade it, but a) I'd be trying to be discreet & would not be sending responses, because I know that I find the light bothersome, and b) it would need to be because I was keeping an eye out for a message important enough that being asked to leave and forfeiting the ticket price would be worth it.