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Digital addiction, legal issues?

recently, i was watching 60 minutes and one of the stories was a piece on how app developers use psychological tricks, skinner boxes etc. to keep people using the apps. i was wondering if there are any laws or legal precedent of a company being sued for producing and selling an addictive app.i could see a case being made for some app, somehow being knowingly and maliciously developed to trigger...

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Re:AWS or Google cloud platform? on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:48AM (#14545114)
ok, thanks, i'll look into that. i was reading the documentation for AWS last night and think i definitely need something simpler.

thanks

AWS or Google cloud platform?

I'd like to find out which service best fits my needs. I am working on a react-native app that will require some back-end processing for actions in the app, sending and receiving messages and keeping track of users and usage etc.I don't want to go into a lot of detail, and I am definitely out of my depth as far as either of these two services are concerned.I'd like to know if anybody has hosted...

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these are all great! thanks
Re:Swift is like Kotlin on Thursday May 18, 2017 @12:38PM (#14368695)
Isn't AdSense a pretty big deal within google?
these are great, thanks
Re:Rust 1.17 on Friday April 28, 2017 @07:07AM (#14218424)
or, palpatable could mean 'able to be palpated', which would mean able to be touched carefully with the intent of inspection, especially in medicine.
Re:What programming languages are used late at night? on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @12:31PM (#14149039)
will this book be getting a paper release? i don't mind a pdf book, but at $59, i'd like a paper copy. just wondering if anybody knew.
seriously... this is fantastic. thanks-
Re:Build Your Own Text Editor on Thursday April 13, 2017 @11:03AM (#14107547)
this is great, thanks
well, the 'person is a person through external validation' idea is silly on the face of it.