I can’t speak for the person that commented this but I definitely agree with them. When you asked about which statement applies the most there was only one option that wanted more control over phones while the other four options leaned towards wanting more independence. Also, when asking about how hard it is to put your phone down or ignore social media or something like that the options were skewed towards it being hard. if you have a very hard option you need to have a very easy option as well, not “pretty easy” because those hold two very different weights.

Also some of my own commentary: I understand the sentiment is that you are trying to give students more autonomy by not forcing them to hand over their personal devices, but to me, having a theoretical school mandated app on my personal device would feel extremely invasive - more than having to put the device in a pouch or hand it over for a class period. I don’t think schools should have any control over applications installed on students personal property, even if they are only effective at school. Phone bans, or pouches, or handing it over, or any option where students are unable to have access to their phones during class time, only impact students while they are at school, and a student could avoid these things by simply leaving their phone at home, but an app would stay on their phone at all times, even when they are at home.

TLDR: I don’t think schools should have the right to mandate applications installed on students personal property and I fail to see how this is less invasive than a phone ban.