You do have to laugh a bit when someone starts their article on addiction by claiming their own addictions have been a net positive on their life, self awareness? What's that?
Stimulation and vice is good, but I think he made his point that phones have enabled people to access stimulation through stock trading with a sort of reckless abandonment that should be worth asking “is this too much?”
EDIT: I personally moved my portfolio from Robinhood a year ago over to TDAmeritrade in order to “slow down” my interactions with my portfolio. Robinhood made it too easy and “fun” for me personally. YMMV of course, but I find myself agreeing with his point