Just came across a very terse version of this sentiment, which you might like:
“You can try having self-control, but there are a thousand engineers on the other side of the screen working against you.” ― Tristan Harris
(Found on https://www.staygrounded.online/p/how-i-got-my-phone-screen-..., itself linked from a discussion of use of grayscale mode, which I also recommend for people like me that easily get sucked into a whirlpool of novel information seeking. History has relentlessly proven to me that the less "self control" I need to have, the more self control I actually have.)
“You can try having self-control, but there are a thousand engineers on the other side of the screen working against you.” ― Tristan Harris
(Found on https://www.staygrounded.online/p/how-i-got-my-phone-screen-..., itself linked from a discussion of use of grayscale mode, which I also recommend for people like me that easily get sucked into a whirlpool of novel information seeking. History has relentlessly proven to me that the less "self control" I need to have, the more self control I actually have.)