Social media exclusively uses a predatory pricing model and the companies should be forced to stop subsidizing their products with targeted ads. The algorithms

Social media exclusively uses a predatory pricing model and the companies should be forced to stop subsidizing their products with targeted ads. The algorithms drive max engagement because that drives max impressions and cpcs. The algorithm doesn't care that its' making people angry and divisive - it's optimizing revenue! All of the other evils stem from this core issue - Meta, et al. makes money off of their customers misery. It should hardly surprise anyone that children are affected much more strongly by industrialized psychology.