> 2 extra hours of time he's not using his phone.

Mostly reading. The 2 hours was a win for me, but the thing I appreciated even more was the that I feel less distracted throughout the day.

I remember reading about Ozempic, and how it "turns off the background food noise" that people have. I didn't realize this, but for me I have a "background notifications noise", which this hack has helped reduce.

I don’t doubt it. Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed with these addicting apps, I delete some temporarily and just the fact I don’t have them in my phone anymore feels like some part of my mind that was being dragged down is finally freed.