They don't really want to get rid of their smartphone and get for example a dumb phone.
I can't speak on behalf of others but whilst I do spend a little too much time scrolling, I would like it taken away from me too. But that doesn't fix anything, before endless scrolling we simply had more and more pages of information.
Smartphones were not always as addictive as they once were, the tiktok, reels, shorts have really tapped into something we haven't had before, which is essentially TV or breaking news on steroids.
Its another avenue which is addictive like gaming, gambling, alcoholism etc and we need to treat it carefully and be able to pull ourselves out of it. I have had smartphones for over a decade and I no doubt use mine way more in the past say 5 years.
> They don't really want to get rid of their smartphone
> Its another avenue which is addictive like gaming, gambling, alcoholism etc
So people can't moderate themselves due to the addiction, which is completely different from "don't really want". This is not at all surprising given that a huge industry is dedicated to make the addiction stronger. The latter is the actual problem, not people or smartphones.
