What's the Key Takeaway From the Book?

Newport: People don't succumb to screens because they're lazy, but instead because billions of dollars have been in sted to make this outcome inevitable. He compares tech companies to cigarette companies in the sense that both study customers and invested money into researching and developing ways to keep us using their products. Compulsive use is not result of a character flaw, but instead the realization of a massively profitable business plan.