> How much new software exists merely as a tool, comfortable with being put away days or weeks at a time, and doesn't try to suck you in

This is one of the many costs of having a web funded by advertising: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8585237

Here's another Maciej post that is part of the solution, Don't Be A Free User: https://blog.pinboard.in/2011/12/don_t_be_a_free_user/