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> Big Pharma's Plan to Make Prescription Drugs Less Addictive > Local Heroin Dealers' Plan to Make Heroin Less Addictive > Coca Cola's Plan to Make Soda Less

> Big Pharma's Plan to Make Prescription Drugs Less Addictive > Local Heroin Dealers' Plan to Make Heroin Less Addictive > Coca Cola's Plan to Make Soda Less Addictive LGTM.

jonex 8y ago
On point 1: That's often one of the big selling points of new (and therefore patented and more expensive) medications. It is much easier to convince doctors to prescribe medications that doesn't risk causing addiction, which in turn means that profits can go up. If the trend is towards people being more cautious of the addictive properties of tech, being able to offer a less addictive alternative could be a selling point in the future.
Qwertie 8y ago
Most of googles products are not based on addiction. You use google search because you have to find something. You don't spend hours randomly browsing search results. Youtube will take a hit from this but the rest of google is not an addiction business.
- reificator 8y ago
  Most of Google's revenue is based on addiction. You see more ads the longer you use the internet.
  - collyw 8y ago
    I spend a large amount of time on the internet, but I use duck duck go and have ad blockers turned on. When I turn off add blockers it makes me want to spend less time on the internet.
  - Qwertie 8y ago
    Google search is very needs based. You need to search things pretty much every day, You will use their service regularly simply because it's so useful for getting things done. You don't need to check facebook every 5 minutes and make regular posts or comments.
- teknopaul 8y ago
  Sometimes you Google cos you carnt be arsed to think about it. Sometimes you google something and get a full page of paid for clickable links and you click one of them instead of scrolling to the "organic search". Sometimes you dont pay enough attention to what are real search results and what are adverts. A statistically significant sometimes. Is instant gratification at the cost of long term gain adiction? Not sure. Its pretty close. Dont put your phone face down, put it away.

> Big Pharma's Plan to Make Prescription Drugs Less Addictive > Local Heroin Dealers' Plan to Make Heroin Less Addictive > Coca Cola's Plan to Make Soda Less Addictive LGTM.

jonex 8y ago

On point 1: That's often one of the big selling points of new (and therefore patented and more expensive) medications. It is much easier to convince doctors to prescribe medications that doesn't risk causing addiction, which in turn means that profits can go up. If the trend is towards people being more cautious of the addictive properties of tech, being able to offer a less addictive alternative could be a selling point in the future.

Qwertie 8y ago

Most of googles products are not based on addiction. You use google search because you have to find something. You don't spend hours randomly browsing search results. Youtube will take a hit from this but the rest of google is not an addiction business.

reificator 8y ago
Most of Google's revenue is based on addiction. You see more ads the longer you use the internet.
- collyw 8y ago
  I spend a large amount of time on the internet, but I use duck duck go and have ad blockers turned on. When I turn off add blockers it makes me want to spend less time on the internet.
- Qwertie 8y ago
  Google search is very needs based. You need to search things pretty much every day, You will use their service regularly simply because it's so useful for getting things done. You don't need to check facebook every 5 minutes and make regular posts or comments.
teknopaul 8y ago
Sometimes you Google cos you carnt be arsed to think about it. Sometimes you google something and get a full page of paid for clickable links and you click one of them instead of scrolling to the "organic search". Sometimes you dont pay enough attention to what are real search results and what are adverts. A statistically significant sometimes. Is instant gratification at the cost of long term gain adiction? Not sure. Its pretty close. Dont put your phone face down, put it away.