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Yondr doesn't want to be entirely responsible for the repercussions of disabling your phone, they just don't want you answering it inside the venue.

They remind you to disable the ringer before putting it in the bag.

If I'm someone who works in actual life and death related matters and on a regular on-call schedule, I need to be able to

1) Still continue to have a life

2) Not have my phone completely disabled just because I went to see a comedy gig.

Having to leave the comedy gig when my phone starts vibrating in the bag is a good compromise, as is wearing a smart watch that can notify me exactly what the call or message is about before I do.

The selling point is to reduce visual / audible recordings of the performance, allowing artists to say or do things that may be problematic when taken out of context.