> We must, at some point surely, reach an inflection where even everyday people are sick of this shit and start smashing their phones right?

Never underestimate the ignorance of the average person…

I am talking about those people who consume content while ads blink around the content in a all four directions and they don‘t even actively notice.

Most people I know who are bombarded by worthless updates every minute either ignore them but don't bother to disable any or are glued to their phones anyway, so they are beyond help.