I think what older generations don't understand is that Zillenials and below are the first generations that didn't choose the smart phone as consumers. They don't have the same relationship with it. They didn't shape its development. Zillenials kind of did, but also their parents bought it for them. For older generations the smartphone is about convenience, progress, and possibility. They accepted its drawbacks for its advantages. For Gen Z, the technological capacity of the phone is a given, with no glamor or sparkle to it, and the societal demands of the phone are their chains from birth. "But you're young! You're supposed to love Phone!" All the advertisers cry.
But just because you can't truly concieve a world without Phone doesn't stop you from resenting Phone. I don't think that anyone from Gen Z actually wants to abolish Phone, but they absolutely want to abolish the chains of the phone. And they are right to say it, too.
