If you assess your problem spots (e.g. doomscrolling, news, chatting, etc.) and remove them then you have all pros without many cons.
This is the way. The technology isn’t the problem, the problem is that we’ve been trained to respond to smartphones like Pavlov’s dogs - conditioned to respond to every noise it makes and eat up all the content it will show us. I treat my phone like email - check and respond to messages at my leisure, and unless I’m expecting a call from someone I usually let it go to voicemail.
This is the way. The technology isn’t the problem, the problem is that we’ve been trained to respond to smartphones like Pavlov’s dogs - conditioned to respond to every noise it makes and eat up all the content it will show us. I treat my phone like email - check and respond to messages at my leisure, and unless I’m expecting a call from someone I usually let it go to voicemail.