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It's nice to see some proof but I really thought this was public knowledge? Maybe just learned from my experiences...
As you would expect, it's about the time spent on the toilet. So using some anti addiction app, or not being addicted to your phone means you are good to go.
This does not mean using you smartphone on the toilet causes hemorrhoids at all. It is more likely that people with constipation know they will be in the bathroom longer so they bring their smartphones, and constipation IS the leading cause of hemorrhoids. Correlation is not causation.

Another trash conclusion from a trash study.

Maybe this is naive, but what if you just shat standing up?
alright who laid out a big ole fudge dragon in the urinal for the whole world to see mmkay?
oh, that's your answer to everything
There is no causal link here. It's merely associative - it could be that people with hemorrhoids spend more time on the toilet.
Haemorrhoids are caused by too much straining, which is caused by bad posture during defecation. The closer you're to a squatting position, the less straining you need. Use a footrest to raise your leg (or as I call it: a stool stool, hehehe).
Learning to relax your pelvic floor is helpful too. You should be opening the door, not pushing things through it :)
Two double shots of espresso and straining is a thing of the past, regardless of diet.
I mean, people have been saying related things for years.

Way before the smartphone (we're talking 80s and 90s), if I would go to the bathroom with a book my parents would warn me (perhaps old wives tale, perhaps relatedly bad studies such as this?) that sitting on the toilet too long could give me hemorrhoids.

Western seated toilets are extremely inferior to Asian/Chinese squat toilets. It is a cultural disaster. Sitting on the toilet seat will lead to weakness of the pelvic floor, causing multiple types of bodily dysfunction and pain. The damage done accumulates over time with age and years of bad positioning. If you're not too heavy, just squat on your toilet seat at home, and wash off with a bidet/spray. If you can't squat, at least use a stool for the feet.
Leonardo da Vinci in his Codex Atlanticus said “Do not delay or prolong your visits to the lavatory”. Looks like that was some good advice.
Driving F1 cars or flying fighter jets may also give you hemorrhoids.
In my experience if I'm getting enough fiber I don't have that much time to scroll or read while on the toilet.
My belief in "American Exceptionalism" was destroyed the moment that the powerful stream of water from the toilet bidet hit my rectum for the first time somewhere in South Korea.

We westerners are disgusting barbarians, and Hemorrhoids are usually evidence of that. Most Hemorrhoids that westerners have are due to either not cleaning their butts properly, or from straining too much due usually to bad diets (bidets also help eliminate this as water is a decent lubricant)

Yes to the "squatting is better" crowd but you notice that SK/Japan doesn't need or have squatting toilets en mass.

When the Japanese or South Koreans look at us with disdain because we literally walk around with shit in our pants 24/7, I don't blame them! They are right and we have a LOT to learn as westerners about being actually clean.