I have noticed the same trend with my parents. The people that were insisting that I was spending too much time as a child in front of the computer and should get out, are now retired and permanently glued to their phones.
Same. When I’m visiting my parents, I sometimes check the Screen Time stats on my dad’s iPad. Consistently, he’s spending around 30 hours per week on YouTube. It has pretty much replaced TV for him.
I can hardly get my mother, father or in laws to look at us anymore when we visit, they just look at social media and sometimes comment on whatever they saw and share it with me, sometimes via a message too. It's weird but for us, it's been going on since FB and Pintrest but Instagram and TikTok have taken the addiction to new levels.
They basically wouldn't travel to anywhere quality, high speed internet isn't present.
Same experience in a European country. Parents didn't get a TV for the home when we were kids. Now neither parent can eat full meal or hold a conversation without looking at something from their phones, even when they have guests over. I spend WAY too much time online as well, but I make sure I do not take out my phone during meals, when talking to someone, etc.
