[nunez]

> Americans spend more than 4 hours a day on their phones, and more than half say they are addicted to their cell phone.

More like seven hours per day: https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/average-screen-time-on-iphon...

As long as phone screens continue to be perfect for handheld entertainment and phone apps continue to be designed for infinite thoughtless consumption, then the answer will remain "yes".

I 1000% blame social media companies for intentionally designing their apps and the content presented on them to drive engagement and taking advantage of psychology that makes people want to scroll while they are driving, for example.

[yetanother12345]

> I 1000% blame social media companies for intentionally designing their apps

I'm not a smartphone user, so I ask out of curiosity:

Do people really have no agency anymore? No self-discipline?

I've read this statement that it's "the machine's fault" in numerous versions but I'm puzzled by it. If you don't like the screen, why don't you just turn it off, or toss it in the bin?

[hydrok9]

why don't you just throw the cigarette on the ground? why don't you just stop drinking?