What about people who use smartphones for socialising?
Staying in touch with friends, finding new interesting people, browsing local events, deciding where to meet, etc.
Staying in touch with friends, finding new interesting people, browsing local events, deciding where to meet, etc.
The problem is when you are just "on the phone", not really doing anything, not anything you planned to do, and not really getting anything done. Even this can be fine, as long as you go "I'd like to see whats on twitter for half an hour", rather than just opening things up and doing them because the algorithm pulls you in.
There's nothing wrong with smartphones per se. It's that the smartphones become a crutch to avoid socializing in person. All the excuses come out to prevent that crutch from being removed.