If the phone drones only knew what they are doing to themselves.

Smartphones are to blame for declining birth rates, as studies highlight the iPhone’s role
Two new papers link smartphone adoption to falling birth rates in the US and across 128 countries, though some economists say the case remains unproven.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/phones/smartphones-are-to-blame-for-declining-birth-rates-as-studies-highlight-the-iphones-role/

You can blame America’s plummeting fertility rate on the iPhone, study finds: ‘People are all depressed and alone and doomscrolling’

https://fortune.com/2026/06/12/america-fertility-rate-iphone-doomscrolling-study/

Smartphones blamed for decline in fertility in new study

https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/health/smartphones-blamed-for-decline-in-fertility-in-new-study/

Major Study Blames iPhones for Collapsing Birth Rate 3:28

https://rumble.com/v7bt4de-major-study-blames-iphones-for-collapsing-birth-rate.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_v

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Persephonee · 26-30, F

While I think they're partly to blame, the birth rate has been declining long before mobile phones of any sort came along (in the UK it's been since the 1970s...in France since the late 19th century!).

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

@Persephonee yes you probably could add medical tyranny, the poisoning of food, air and water to the list as well, along with a sedentary lifestyle and lack of sunlight.