One could say similar for Excel, helping MBAs to sell and destroy organizational value that benefits many built over many years for short term gains benefiting

One could say similar for Excel, helping MBAs to sell and destroy organizational value that benefits many built over many years for short term gains benefiting a few. Also, in your example, I would expect a smartphone to be more distracting to someone that doesn’t already sit at a desk on an internet capable computer. The person in the field is the one who now has the ability to browse the web or whatever, whereas before that was limited to the person sitting at their desk.