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On the assumption that almost everyone would be better without Farmville in their lives and that such a loss might at least get some of them to reconsider the w
by patrec 6y ago
On the assumption that almost everyone would be better without Farmville in their lives and that such a loss might at least get some of them to reconsider the wisdom of their behavior, there would be a certain irony if such a class action suit were to be successful.
- willis936 6y agoTo play devil’s advocate: addiction fills a void in an unfulfilling life. Arguably computer games are better than drugs and the root cause of the sad life is not the addictive substance. All that said, I shed no tears for any comeuppance that gets delivered to those who willfully profit off of the misfortune of others.
- carlivar 6y agoBig Tech optimizing dopamine addiction makes your drugs analogy quite accurate.
- weare138 6y agoUnfortunately this predates 'big tech'. The real travesty of the big tech era is that instead of abandoning these antiquated profit driven ideals and improving society it just embraced them to an unimaginable degree while feeding us the same old lie. We're sold the future but in most ways still live in the past.
- dehrmann 6y agoI don't think that these games are actually addicting. Habit-forming, for sure, but the way people lose interest makes me think it's something else.
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- pawelmurias 6y agoDo you think gambling is not addictive? There is very little difference.
- patrec 6y ago> To play devil’s advocate: addiction fills a void in an unfulfilling life. Maybe so, but one would hope that even as far as self-destructive vices are concerned it's possible to pick something with more upside than Farmville addiction.
- hshshs2 6y agolife isn’t about choosing only the things that are good for you