The neoluddite take is kind of like beating a dead horse. Smartphones are a tool; how you use this tool is entirely dependent on how disciplined your mind is. Not everyone who has their first sip of alcohol will become an alcoholic. It is the same for smartphones.

The article’s take on China is weird too; do they not have smartphones? The author probably wrote the article on a Huawei phone that the vast majority of Chinese people use every day.