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Arguably recess being a thing in middle and high school would be a good thing, usually it is technically considered with lunch so if you eat fast enough or in class you can still play. In middle and high school a lot of their social lives become so phone-based nowadays between whatever school apps for hw, then tiktok, Instagram, etc.
You can see kids pick technology over the outdoors quite a lot if the adults let them. I'd even say a lot of them are lemmings now as the kids who were forced outdoors often didn't become the computer experts. Lots of bad parents and teachers who have given up as they have been lacking parent and admin support. "Timmy needs his phone, what if theres an emergency?", "I dont want to call through the office for something important", "I'll talk to my kid when I want to.", "Your fault if class isn't more entertaining than his phone.", etc.