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I get the sense that Google isn't completely sincere with its Digital Wellbeing campaign. Rather than tally up your usage statistics on a dashboard, why not con

I get the sense that Google isn't completely sincere with its Digital Wellbeing campaign. Rather than tally up your usage statistics on a dashboard, why not confront the addictive technologies (social media apps, clickbait/sensationalist styles of speaking) head on? Surely they have the data on what addicts people on a deeper level. One example that comes to mind is "Hey, you've used social media X times today. Here are some websites you may like that would increase your attention span."

mcondit 8y ago
They actually seemed to have touched on something like that briefly, saying they'd come back to it in their android segment. Still not sure if it's sincere but if it is, it's a good set of steps.
taurath 8y ago
With the google news revamp (to preferring videos to everything, presumably to increase ad revenue) it seems like they want to move the web to more “bad” engagement.
maherbeg 8y ago
The cynic in me thinks "What a great way to kill eyeballs to your competitors for advertising dollars"