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Re:“User engagement” is code for “addiction” by imtringued on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:32AM (#26354370)
>Looks to me like you've accidentally stumbled onto one of the very tactics games use to turn people into addicts.

You're confusing something. It's the exact opposite.

"Games accidentally stumbled onto one of the very tactics you use to turn people into addicts."

Industries take advantage of human behavior, they don't invent them.

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Re:“User engagement” is code for “addiction” by Loughla on Friday March 05, 2021 @08:53AM (#26356850)
That reads like such a weird take on that statement, that I think I had to have misunderstood what you're saying. Please clarify.

Is your claim that industry isn't at fault for addiction, because people are able to be addicted to things?

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