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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

In the 90s ... users being distracted by their phones

Do you have a source for that? Cell phones were rare in the 90s. Even then, they weren't "smart phones" by any sense - they were just used for talking. No text, no apps, no games. Cell phones didn't become common distractions until the early 00s.