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These apps are still _by design_ trying to capture the maximum amount of your attention. That deserves every ounce of hostility that we can muster. And then s
by busterarm 6y ago
These apps are still _by design_ trying to capture the maximum amount of your attention.
That deserves every ounce of hostility that we can muster. And then some.
They are parasites. It doesn't matter if you "made it work for you".
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- agumonkey 6y agoPlease don't be crazy. I don't like the current web either but it's important to be objective and calm.
- rhacker 6y agoIf I stepped out of 1980 and into 2021 and saw facebook and cell phones and people looking down the privacy nightmare. It is totally fucking batshit crazy. We're all Slowly Boiled Frogs.
- busterarm 6y agoFirst of all, I am calm. Second of all, there's nothing crazy about what I said. By their own admission they've designed the apps to be addictive. Would you tell your friends "go ahead, shoot up. have a great time!"? Would you tell your family? What I think is crazy is that we tolerate companies that make products like this. I guess greed is a powerful force.
- agumonkey 6y agoYes it's been shown that they're tricking people into addiction. I wasn't responding to the arguments more about the 'every ounce of hostility'. Their marketing strategies are sad[0], but you seemed to be all-in in a war against them which I think is misguided. Sorry if crazy was too strong of a word, I didn't meant it as a personal insult. I believe hostility and reaction is the wrong tool for this issue.. let's simply quit and invite others to do others to do so. [0] we're still having deadly cigarettes sold everywhere you know..
- busterarm 6y agoIsn't it because of the effects we've seen from nicotine and alcohol that we should be so vigilant about mainstreaming new vices in society?
- snerbles 6y agoThe poster may be impassioned, but characterizing a hot take as "crazy" looks like a bad faith argument.
- agumonkey 6y agoI may have read it with the wrong tone.