Lewis Black had this golden reaction to his audience applauding a smartphone: "Don't you ever, ever applaud an inanimate object again. I believe that's why they have that section about the golden calf."
I wouldn't put religion as a good moral compass, it tends to point to itself and its elite. Even more, I think people applaud the achievement of making that smartphone available, not that specific smartphone.
What would you put as a good moral compass?
That is one of the few question where pure secular philosophy could give practical answers; but even a simplistic precept like "don't harm others gratuitously" would be a better moral compass than organized religion, despite its potential for personal interpretation.