It's more like "Why are you smoking cigarettes, stop buying cigarettes." It's addictive, well marketed and cool, and totally avoidable with some self discipline.

I wouldn't joke about people with an actual illness by telling them to toughen up, but we're not talking about that.

What you're doing here is subtly shifting the burden of phone addiction from software companies and phone manufacturers back onto end users.

I thought you were being satirical at first but then I realized you genuinely believe an individual has zero personal responsibility whatsoever. Lemmy is filled with children.

This isn't the housing market or alcohol, just don't install or doom scroll social media. Jesus Christ, nanny state garbage.

Of course the burden is on both

Are you being serious?

Yes, saying "don't install social media apps if you don't like them" is the same as saying "lift weights to stop being depressed bro".

Your brain is too advanced and I cannot follow the steps you took to reach this conclusion.

Read whatever is in the bathroom, like we used to do! It's how I learned about TSS.

and it doesn't run spyware.

Probably the biggest draw that the OC was missing.