I think maybe mobile tech is starting to go through it's 90's-era-children's-tv-style "Oh my god nearly everything we've made is a manipulative commercial desig

I think maybe mobile tech is starting to go through it's 90's-era-children's-tv-style "Oh my god nearly everything we've made is a manipulative commercial designed to get an economic outcome without regard for the consequences to the kids" moment. And that's good. Because while kids are much more susceptible to the attention-seeking games mobile app designers play, they are by no means ineffective on adults.