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I think you should provide your age as a reference. As smartphones have proliferated, companies have gotten better at making their products more addictive. So e
by rcme 3y ago
I think you should provide your age as a reference. As smartphones have proliferated, companies have gotten better at making their products more addictive. So even if you had unfettered smartphone access at 13, you probably weren't watching TikTok.
- opportune 3y agoI’m 27. 12 years old when the iPhone 3G came out (15 years ago… doesn’t that make you feel old?). No TikTok. But YouTube did have a recommendation engine, and Facebook was a thing.
- max51 3y agoI am a few years older than you and also had unlimited access to the internet. The internet back in 2005 - 2013 was nothing like it is today. It was far less addictive, it was more anonymous, and most of your friends weren't addicted to it as much. If we take facebook for example. We did have it when I was in high school but it was far less addictive. It was invite-only, no dark patterns, no ads, no games, no suggested posts, no celebrities, no "influencers", no political campaigns, no activism, no clickbait articles to create outrage. There was also no family member on it and only your "real" friends would see your posts. When we posted something stupid, we knew that only our classmates and close friends would read it, not our parents/teachers/boss/journalists/neighbor/etc.