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Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone by vonjuice on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:27AM (#39258289)
If you think addiction is about chemical dependence you need to deepen and broaden your knowledge on the subject.
Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone by skidd0 on Monday February 05, 2024 @10:48AM (#39262369)
Addiction has many factors. I was pointing out that crack and other drugs can form chemical dependencies that apps and screen time cannot.
Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone by vonjuice on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:11PM (#39264508)
Conversely there's aspects of screens that are not present in crack, such as widespread acceptance and even encouragement, hijacking of our most prioritized sense organ, etc.

If you were to design a visual drug, as a concept, you wouldn't get very far from the current state of affairs.

Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone by skidd0 on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:14PM (#39267269)
Completely agree.