Judging by my previous addiction, I would say youtube desktop and youtube mobile experience is on par, also I believe TikTok is more comfortable on mobile(I never used it though). Same applies for the rest of social media. When you are sitting in a class and splitting your attention between what is being taught and your distraction, that distraction is unlikely to be some serious activity, because serious activities demand full attention
So you have a choice:
- make-yourself-a-desktop which is time-consuming, has dubious reward(what linux can do that Windows/MacOS can't?[1]) and is not comfortable to use everywhere
- phone that gives you all the means to distract yourself, is always in your pocket and requires no effort
If you don't explicitly aim to avoid the latter path I don't see any reason to choose your method
[1]: Having said that, I would never put windows on a personal computer. Answering my own question, there are certainly needs where Linux fits better, but for general desktop not so much
In a simple way: when you start using a device, not a drug, you not start to get high, you just want using it. If you discover, BEFORE YT and co, how to use a desktop and you are smart you can start doing smart thing with it and loving doing them.
Like putting a smart child in a library and let him/her read. Oh even if the child get YT on desktop, a properly configured one, with uBlock and so on, no, the experience is not on par with the mobile, it's far better, and the fact you do not live on a chair avoid the mechanism of having a device always with you: the mobile experience, even with DNS-based ads filtering is so horrific no one want if IF he/she already know the desktop one, and that's they key: you might eventually get addicted to desktop, but you have a life and a desktop, with a proper monitor, mechanical keyboard, a trackball etc does not came with you in your pocket. You can pass hours on it, but not as much as on a phone and you can't be bound to it while you live your life like those who chat on a phone at a restaurant.
Judging by my previous addiction, I would say youtube desktop and youtube mobile experience is on par, also I believe TikTok is more comfortable on mobile(I never used it though). Same applies for the rest of social media. When you are sitting in a class and splitting your attention between what is being taught and your distraction, that distraction is unlikely to be some serious activity, because serious activities demand full attention
So you have a choice:
- make-yourself-a-desktop which is time-consuming, has dubious reward(what linux can do that Windows/MacOS can't?[1]) and is not comfortable to use everywhere
- phone that gives you all the means to distract yourself, is always in your pocket and requires no effort
If you don't explicitly aim to avoid the latter path I don't see any reason to choose your method
[1]: Having said that, I would never put windows on a personal computer. Answering my own question, there are certainly needs where Linux fits better, but for general desktop not so much