[thirduncle]

It's actually quite easy to "break" your addiction to smartphones:

Don't use them in the first place.

[rkangel]

That comment is even less helpful than saying "It's actually quite easy to break your addiction to alchohol - just don't drink".

The reason it's even less helpful is that, unlike alcohol, smartphones provide useful functionality in day to day life.

[thirduncle]

Smartphones provide useful functionality in day to day life.

Do they now?

[gcp123]

If you've ever done any work to break a habit, or talked to someone who has, you'd know that it's not always that easy.

[thirduncle]

I have actually - including some pretty nasty ones.

But I'll confess at this point to be at a loss to understand this "smartphone addiction" thing people keep talking about.

Being as I've tried using them, and never understood their appeal in the first place.

[mfringel]

Vacuous truths are still vacuous.