Comment by achikin

Comment by achikin 6 hours ago

5 replies

Because it is proven that phone usage is not an addiction like drugs or alcohol. People put phones away easily if they have a reason to do so.

emil-lp 5 hours ago

Citation needed

  • achikin 4 hours ago

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6174603/

    The main idea here is that overuse not equals addiction.

    • justinclift 2 hours ago

      The first part of the Results section says:

          [...] the majority of research in the field declares that smartphones are addictive
      
      Though that section continues on to disagree with that majority, "the majority" declaring smartphones are addictive is certainly supportive of them being so.
rossjudson 6 hours ago

I have no idea what you are talking about. It walks and quacks exactly like drugs and alcohol.

Thousands of deaths every year are caused by drivers on cell phones. You'd think they'd have a reason to put them away.

  • achikin 5 hours ago

    There are a lot of reasons for distraction while driving, but we don’t call all of them addiction on that premise. If a driver was not looking at his phone - maybe he’d be looking at something else. The phone is not the reason - it’s just a very suitable object.