> if we remove the actual bad thing: smart phones.

That's a tall order, although there are plenty of reports of younger people switching to "dumb phones." I've switched to one myself. But how could you possibly stop it? They are terrible -- now that I don't have one anymore it's insane how many people are constantly staring at their phones, walking on the sidewalk, crossing the street, etc. It's really depressing.

But ya, at this point I don't care if parts of the internet are fine and if I had the power to burn it all down, I would.