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Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone by saiya-jin on Monday February 05, 2024 @06:17AM (#39259932)
Wait till you see folks with fashion smartwatch being constantly immediately interrupted with all stupid notifications, its like advanced OCD factory for almost 0 added value. Then they turn it off, but usually this won't last, you can't brag about it so much and that 2s dopamine kick is missing.

Maybe some secret cabal of psychologists are actually behind it to raise their revenue.

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Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone by wholinator2 on Monday February 05, 2024 @07:44AM (#39260661)
It's not secret [1]. It's very well known that tech companies will consult psychologists with the goal to make their products more addictive.

[1] https://nypost.com/2019/08/13/big-tech-is-using-psychology-t...

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Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone by saiya-jin on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @03:21AM (#39272137)
That may be true yet even smart folks affected ran to them like there is no tomorrow, long term consequences be damned, I need my notifications now !
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