I used to think that I should rarely just call, but there are times when pot control is ok IMO. When you have a decent but not great hand like medium pair or top pair weak kicker, I don’t think it’s that great to build up the pot as you will fold bluffs and would be in a tough spot against villain who reraises you. (But, against people who’d called with anything of course bet and bet)
I used to not respect bets enough and raised a lot and got caught building up big pots when I should have just kept the pot size small. Now that I am mixing up calling and raising, my results have been better.
(That is not to say that I am just calling all the time. I am mixing up play, but I am flat calling more than I used to do. I am catching more bluffs by needing to call much smaller bets and I am able to float and steal more pots on the turn.)