Chill, OP. You’re using argumentum ad populum without checking with the populum. I don’t notice and I haven’t heard of this one before. Maybe it’s more personal than you realise, a device anxiety association. Do you get phantom vibrations from you pocket? I can speak for myself that I’m so used to being on silent, other’s phone notifications are barely noticed background events.
Chill, OP. You’re using argumentum ad populum without checking with the populum. I don’t notice and I haven’t heard of this one before. Maybe it’s more personal than you realise, a device anxiety association. Do you get phantom vibrations from you pocket? I can speak for myself that I’m so used to being on silent, other’s phone notifications are barely noticed background events.
You’re definitely over thinking this.