I broke my first screen a few months ago. I don't like using cases or screen protectors and it fell onto pavement. Took a huge chunk out of the glass. I put packing tape across it to hold it together for a while.

Eventually I did the screen replacement myself and it only took about 45 minutes. The new screen came with a protector and I put that on.

The next day I dropped the phone again and there were cracks all over it. I got lucky and it only cracked the plastic protector. Before I broke the screen I wasn't looking at new phones but now... I got the bug and every few days I find myself looking a new models.