> The iPhone was not designed to be addictive. [...] The addiction ensnaring children is not some master plan secretly hatched at Apple, but is instead the spa

> The iPhone was not designed to be addictive. [...] The addiction ensnaring children is not some master plan secretly hatched at Apple, but is instead the spawn of attention economy conglomerates like Facebook, who, unlike Apple, directly profit from compulsive use, and leverage the iPhone merely as a convenient platform. Apple makes quite a bit of money on app store sales[1]. We well know how the "free" to play market works[2]. It arguably thrives by triggering the same mechanisms as social media applications. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/04/apple-generated-a-record-300-mln-in-app-store-sales-on-new-years-day.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/04/apple-generated-a-record-300... [2] http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/ http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-...