I think it's a balance. For "emotional gardening" as I call it, disconnecting from tech / anti-social media and taking a walk is great. But if you still want to assess present reality and make good judgments about the future (or even just have some novel thing to talk about), these tools can still be great for absorbing information context.

I like the Digital Wellbeing app on Android. Set a daily timer for app usage and then it gets blocked once you're over the timer.