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I'll assume you just don't understand. He's clearly talking about stuff like Facebook and Youtube designing their systems to suck you in, not to mention all the
by pnutjam 5y ago
I'll assume you just don't understand. He's clearly talking about stuff like Facebook and Youtube designing their systems to suck you in, not to mention all the games designed to hit your dopamine reward center.
- amelius 5y agoYeah, but (to the average user) what good is a smartphone without Facebook and Youtube? Take away social media and Youtube, and you might as well go back to a Nokia dumbphone.
- pnutjam 5y agoIt's not the service, it's how the service is designed.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoThere's still e-mail, IMs, weather widgets, mobile banking, turn-by-turn navigation, maps, calculator, camera, photo editor, music players, taxi apps, delivery trackers, guitar tuners, games, and a bunch of other things many non-tech people use on their smartphones every day. Not to mention, the browser, giving access to everything on the Internet - not just social media. This is doubly important for people on the go, and people who can't afford to also own a laptop or a desktop computer at home (assuming they have one).
- Atheros 5y agoHeck, we could keep social media as-is and merely ban likes and engagement-based sorting. That would be sufficient.