saying teens are addicted to smartphones is like saying teens in the 80s were addicted to malls.
sure, that's part of it, but it's not why they're in them all the time.
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in reply to @NireBryce's post:
gawd almighty, am I ever so tired of the whole "computers / Internet / smartphones / etc. are shameful and addictive toys for basement-dwelling losers, btw now we're moving all our banking services to a spiffy new mobile app" thing that capitalism has done with our technology. it's like they want us perpetually feeling guilty about using technology, like we're undeserving of these gifts ~Chara
This trend almost makes me seethe when it comes up. It's like, "Then why are you even giving us this to begin with when we should be ashamed to have it?!". Computers, Internet, or smartphones may all get harder and harder to manage over time, but what capitalism has done is greedy and disingenuous.
it's like that with a lot of things, though; it's probably a general marketing technique, playing on guilt. you see it done with food, for example—playing up what a sinful pleasure it is to eat luscious foodstuffs, while also playing up guilts about weight and healthful eating. (I'm pretty sure you hardly ever encounter the word "sinful", in routine marketing, except when applied to eating.)
adults are addicted to PRESCRIPTION ONLY doses of ibuprofen (900mg)