[amadeuspagel]

Reading is a skill. The more you read, the better you get. The laptop encourages you to surf (and surfing is reading), the phone encourages you to scroll, usually through images and videos.

Attention span is a separate issue. I lack the attention span to watch a short youtube video, but I can easily read long essays.

[SadCordDrone]

The phone is not that bad for reading.

Granted, reading PDFs is harder. But reading webpages is mostly fine.

When I started using phones, I didn't have the luxury of high speed internet and multimedia-focused apps. I should probably be thankful for that.

[amadeuspagel]

The phone is good for reading, but not good for surfing, which is where the motivation to read comes from.