Originally Posted by
angatol
I think the point was that you argued that everyone should know how to turn their devices off, when I don't think that it's even possible to turn a lot of devices off without taking the battery out/running them flat. Irrespective of what the rule is or whether it's a good idea, the fact is that many people won't comply with the rule even if they wanted to (which they don't).
What can't you switch off without running flat? Watches. The iPod shuffle, possibly. iPod classic? There's a way to reboot iPod classics, though I seem to recall there not being a way to switch off the older ones. Checking the current manual suggests 'off' per the manual still isn't actually off, but a standby mode. That's it. Everything else I can think of, the issue is that people don't know how to switch things off.