Re:You can't leak users' data if you don't hold it
by dylan604 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @11:31PM
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are you willfully being obtuse to the behaviors of the social apps FB, Tiktok, Twit...er,X and the ilk? Games of course are trying to be addictive to get you to buy more IAP/lootbox/otherHandInPocket concepts.
it's like you think a device is only able to play games which is clearly ludicrous.
Re:You can't leak users' data if you don't hold it
by Retric on Thursday March 28, 2024 @11:40PM
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I simply used gaming to make it clear attempting to be addictive wasn’t the same as actually being addictive. Social Apps rise and fall in popularity just like everything else.
Meta has billions of users but that’s split across 4 platforms FB, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. So clearly popularity isn’t the same as addiction otherwise their FB app would be all they need.
Go back a few years and Netflix seem addictive as people binged shows, but I doubt anyone is seriously suggesting they are addictive today.
Q.E.D. New and fun isn't the same as addictive.
Compare retention numbers between smoking and clash of clans, a clearly successful pay to win game, and it’s not even close.
We could talk about various other apps, but nobody has actually nailed addiction for the general population just the people highly susceptible to such behaviors.