Interesting inference, the meme implies that if society was thriving then it wouldn’t be a nightmare machine.

Is that honestly true? If most software on people’s devices was FOSS and the world was like 20-30 years ago, would it have the same magic of the past?

I’m curious how much or it is form factor and the addiction that goes along with it.

Personally I think it would be very different. Sometimes I get lost in an obsession over a random topic, I go to wikis instead or doomscrolling. I would imagine that smartphones in a good world would mostly be that.

Oh and games that aren’t trying to be gacha