People absolutely did spend absurd amount of hours obsessing over social networks and games before smartphones became commonplace. Smartphones are Real Compute

People absolutely did spend absurd amount of hours obsessing over social networks and games before smartphones became commonplace. Smartphones are Real Computers, and that's why they're at least as damaging as PCs are. On top of that: - 3G internet became commonplace and cheap enough to be connected nonstop - Support for battery-efficient push notifications integrated into the OS - Internet (social networking) ads became what they are - Micro transactions and internet payments became commonplace