I find the virulent spread of smartphone hypnosis through more or less every population and demographic it touches interesting, in that I see it as a sign that the human probably has an innate, powerful urge to avoid immediate reality when given the means, at pretty much any given free moment. I do it, but I do still find it repulsive. But not from the point of view of "people just don't know how to communicate any more!". I'm not at all convinced that people ever communicated meaningfully to any greater extent anyway. I do find the sight of the majority of people performing identical, specific acts on probably identical, specific corners of the internet everywhere I look unpleasant. I know I'm part of that gormless looking majority to other people some of the time, too. I'd rather stare at real objects and sometimes make sure that I do instead, but I'm essentially addicted to the screen.
So my short answer is no, I don't - if anything I feel it too, only not for its supposed effects on "healthy" sociability, just for reasons that are just as vague, but more to do with it being somehow depressing to me how predictable humans can be.
