Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will

Re:Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will by submeta on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:34PM (#15742491)

Actually I dont' think the analogy is valid. Tobacco is addictive, true. And tobacco has only one use. A smartphone has many use cases (mp3 player, camera, compass, notebook, encyclopedia and many more).

And why would you like to "quit internet"? Yes, many sites try to get your attention, try to manipulate you into buying their products. But you can avoid that. Using ad blockers wherever you can. And regarding Facebook. You can use it more like a newsreader (subscribing to newspapers, ignoring my friend's posts mostly).

Edit: Re smartphone. I also have my phone on `do not disturb', permanently. I try to educate my friends / family members that I don't necessarily pick up the phone when it rings, but I will always call back. They are ok with that.

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Re:Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will by addicted on Monday November 20, 2017 @04:41PM (#15743547)

I agree that the analogy isn’t valid. Only because information technologies today are a lot worse than tobacco. Unlike apps, tobacco does not have a team of PHDs constantly reformulating itself to draw in those people who have found a way out of it, and ensuring that the ones already addicted remain.

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Re:Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will by BellsOnSunday on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:35AM (#15748537)

I think the tobacco industry has been no slouch in the marketing department, but the real difference is that there's no way to use tobacco that is safe and beneficial for you.

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