Part of me is terrified for and about this upcoming generation. I can't help but wonder how many people's imaginations are being stunted by being on apps consta

Part of me is terrified for and about this upcoming generation. I can't help but wonder how many people's imaginations are being stunted by being on apps constantly, every day. This curiosity is intensified whenever I see parents prop cheap tablets on their kids at restaurants or whatever to keep them quiet. I'm also terrified about the INSANE amount of data these companies are amassing on people from very young ages based on their usage and activity. Open the Facebook, Twitter, or even LinkedIn apps, then use something like AdGuard as a local VPN to capture packets on their way out. Witness the crazy amount of tracking these apps do. Facebook knowing more about people (their likes, dislikes, medical conditions, real-time location) than governments on extremely intimate levels is a very real possibility, and that's scary. The other part of me is wondering if I'm just being a curmudgeon, especially since I don't use the popular social media apps (Reddit and HN are the extent of my social media presence).