Since we are restating things that have already been said:

It wouldn't surprise me if electronics haven't been an issue for the past decade or two. They run at considerably lower power and at considerably higher frequencies these days, which diminishes the potential for interference. But that isn't the point.

The point is that a bunch of people with absolutely no understanding of engineering and physics have decided to dismiss the rules. The point is that a bunch of people with absolutely no understanding of emergency procedures on airlines have decided to dismiss the rules. People demonstrate their ignorance in this all of the time. It ranges from passengers not paying attention to instructions in flight, to comments such as your own. (Airplanes don't simply "fall from the skies".)

Don't pretend you're smarter than the people who do something for a living. Chances are you aren't. Chances are that you're missing something important.