Looking at sibling comments going "it doesn't affect me cause I browse social media on big screen", it seems like using this proxy brings more confusion than good.

Individuals on Hacker News of all sites bringing up their individual usage patterns as a counterpoint says nothing about the applicability of this proxy.

And your comments say nothing about whether applying this proxy is useful.

I use my smartphone for primarily for: email, phone calls, text messages, second-factor authentication, calendar, camera and photo viewing.

I don't use it for social media.

You are the 0.01%

Seems like I am in the 0.01%, too, then! Yay.

I am also the .01%

Same, but different. I don't use my smartphone for email, but I do use it for navigation.