Listening/ watching crap on your phone in public places. Is this acceptable??

[Irishmama100]

Away for a few days abroad and I have just finished breakfast in a 4 star hotel where an English man has had his local radio station playing on his phone at full blast. I am not a morning person, this noise fighting against the dining room music was just awful. I got up and moved to the far end of the dining room and had my coffee in peace. On the plane some kid in front of me was watching a movie with the volume full blast. Another passenger playing a game on phone with volume up, think Candy Crush tune. I find it soooo annoying and just think it is really selfish. What if everyone did that no one would hear anything and the world be just full of noise.
Am I being unreasonable to think this is unacceptable or is there reasons why people do this.

It's totally unacceptable. If you can afford a phone, you can afford headphones.
The issue is that people would rather move than confront someone about their phone use. Hence, the person is oblivious that they are being a nuisance.
I also detest when people have conversations on a loud speaker and hold mouthpiece to their ear to hear the other person better. Like, have you never actually figured out how the phone works? Take it off the speaker and turn it the right way around. You will hear each other much better.

It's really inconsiderate- headphones should be mandatory

With headphones, it's fine. Without, no it's bloody well not.

I can just about imagine how it can happen with kids and teens who haven't yet learned the rules of acceptable behaviour. But any adult who does this in my view is a complete oaf and need calling out.

I was on a bus recently (in South London) and a woman was watching video content on her phone so loudly that half the passengers on the lower deck moved upstairs to get away from it and apparently the penny didn't drop that she was doing anything wrong.

Its become so normalised these days and I find absolutely astonishing that the people who do it have not been told off by their parents/another authority figure in the past. I would have been shot by my parents for doing that if smartphones had been around when I was a kid.

I think the issue is now we're entering Gen 2 of smartphone usage: so a whole generation of people who were brought up thinking this is normal are now having their own kids and don't have the necessary social skills.

It's rude and inconsiderate but sadly nothing you can do about it except ask them to turn it down/use headphones.

I think (hope) it's only a matter of time before a ban comes in. It's really out of control.

It is shitty behaviour from twats with no consideration for anyone else.

Only with excellent headphones that don't leak noise. Otherwise it's just pollution.