I like your comment and framing, I think it highlights a lot of salient points about the device. But to be fair similar-style criticisms were levied against the iPhone (right down to price point, nerd-factor, lack of physical keyboard etc). So it's important to see the promise in things too.

As the other poster mentioned, young people are not going there. What happens when they grow up?

AI?

Look the reality is yes Instagram and TikTok have extremely problematic incentives built into their products. But they're also remarkably useful, entertaining, and fun products too. Both are true.

Do you think multi-billion-user products can exist without "slop"? What do you think the average person wants to consume? The equivalent of salad? Have you met the average person?

I think people have fundamental misconceptions of the average person's desire.

By that metric, "Phone" has been over the moment iPhone was released. Because it's a computer, not a phone.

Its been over for almost 2 decades so not sure what the point of calling that out is.