does it seem a tad unfair to serious photographers that now every human being with a phone has a camera?

I wonder if I can buy surplus body cams that police people use and it is always available if I come across something significant

levels the playing field lol

I doubt it, because although it is possible to take perfectly acceptable "ordinary" photographs with phones those are limited in what they can do. The serious photographers would have much more sophisticated equipment and of course far higher skill than most of us with an ordinary 'phone or snapshot type camera.

There is an art in framing a really good image and trained photographers seem to be able to imagine what a frame around a subject might look like. If you want proof of how bad phone photos can be because of the casual and slap-dash way an amateur goes abut it, I'll send you some of mine.

I accidentally shot a short film from the inside of my shorts pocket the other day and with a little bit of editing it could be a bit of a thriller movie

It’s not the device making the image. It is the person using natural and technical talents which makes the phone camera or regular camera work for them.

Not really. Just because you have access to a tool doesn't mean the person knows how to use it effectively.

To each their own. What i hate is seeing people with their phones interfering with others with cameras, particularly at special events