• imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    40 minutes ago

    What did Snapchat and TikTok settle for? Did they just pay money to not to expose themselves in court? Or did they actually settled to FUCKING FINALLY crack down on addiction and other issues on their platform? (x) Doubt

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    2 hours ago

    A system that benefits people who lie about objective facts should be destroyed.

    If the tactical business decision is to look someone in the face and say “spending 2/3rds of a day, 16 whole hours, idly gazing at photos of anything is not an addiction” in order to protect business interests, then things are wrong. Addiction to a product should be met with horror! Oh no, how could this happen? Instead, it’s part of the business model.

    “Business” is a blight.

  • NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    Well, it’s very simple, don’t you see? When he makes money, it’s not addiction When he makes no money, it’s addiction

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    7 hours ago

    They want to be an integral part of our lives, like thinking, except they’ll take the place of thinking, or talking, or even looking around.

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      38 minutes ago

      Selling our data implies that we get to have profits.

      Life is better without companies selling our data.

      Might be tad more on point.

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    12 hours ago

    He is not qualified to identify what is and isn’t addiction. He is qualified to demonstrate he’s a psychopath.

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    13 hours ago

    All I do is play fucking games and even 16 hours of that is absurd unless I’m specifically trying to force my sleep pattern into something usable again.

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      5 hours ago

      I’ve definitely hit 16 hr days before for gaming but it’s rare as hell. Warframe, Runescape and Minecraft are probably the only 3 to hit that peak, and I’m definitely not a functioning human during that time.

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        51 minutes ago

        I still think that 16 hours of gaming are better than 16 hours of scrolling videos that are passively fetched to you.

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    12 hours ago

    Bro I spend 4 hours a day gaming and I feel guilty enough to fuck over my sleep schedule and get some chores done. 16 hours???