• slampisko@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      8 days ago

      Nope, they’re trying to shift the responsibility for being addicted to their addictive tech to you. Like fossil fuel companies and their fucking cArbOn fOoTpRinT

      • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        8 days ago

        There’s nothing intrinsically addictive about a smartphone; the problem is the apps, and particularly social media.

        • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          5·
          8 days ago

          I’d argue that having 24/7 access to the Internet is inherently addictive. Social media apps just tend to exploit that using various psychological techniques so they can get their users to use their apps moreso than other apps.

          I use exclusively open source apps to access YouTube (PipePipe in my case) and Lemmy, and I am absolutely still addicted to my phone.