Let me give you my perspective and the reason I turn them on.
It builds accountability. I want to be a timely replier of texts, but sometimes I fail. Even worse, sometimes I open it and forget to reply at all. This forces me to leave them unread until I’m ready to address them. I know the sender will see that I have read them, so it incentivizes me to manage my texting better.
Heaven forbid I decide how I want to behave and hold myself accountable. 🙄
And you’re welcome to think the way I want to conduct myself is bullshit, but you’re way fucking off on the generation I’m in.