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Re:Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at lan... by tremon on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @07:01PM (#46968892)
So, in order to put a more neutral spin on this practice, you immediately reduce all people to "consumers"? Aren't you just confirming the GP's characterization that all platform users are seen as prey?
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Re:Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at lan... by cm2012 on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @07:06PM (#46968945)
Consumer doesnt mean "prey" to me at all.
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Re:Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at lan... by rogueparitybit on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @03:31AM (#46972360)
Okay, good luck with that mantra in a decade! I think it's very obvious that programming abilities are being destroyed from the inside out, but sure, tell me in a decade I was right when everything is collapsed.
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