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Not drinking or gambling works so well for alcoholics and gamblers. Who needs rehab anyway?
by nunez 9mo ago
Not drinking or gambling works so well for alcoholics and gamblers. Who needs rehab anyway?
- ajam1507 9mo agoAnd yet we're talking about a case against social media companies and not a case against casinos or distillers.
- eigencoder 9mo agoYeah because casinos and distillers already have laws regulating their use
- ajam1507 9mo agoThis isn't about regulation. This is about people bringing a lawsuit against social media companies for their addiction. Problem gamblers and alcoholics aren't suing the casinos and distilleries.
- nunez 9mo agoDistinction without a difference. The social media companies re-use the playbooks these two industries practically invented. Yet social media doesn't have government-mandated surgeon general warnings or 24x7 support hotlines.
- SirMaster 9mo agoAnd are their laws about how much I can go gamble at the casino right now or how much I can go buy at a liquor store and drink tonight? Pretty sure too much gambling and too much alcohol is worse than watching too many short videos. So how can we say that spending time on figuring out how to block people from watching too many short videos is a better use of our time and resources than limiting gambling and drinking.
- flocciput 9mo agoThere are laws about the age you can be to gamble or drink, restrictions on the establishments where these things can occur, and you can have your license revoked for driving while under the influence, or be banned from a casino. Don't act like those are totally unrestricted activities.
- SirMaster 9mo agoThere are also laws about the age you need to be to use social media platforms...
- jajuuka 9mo agoThis isn't about the small group of people who lack self control. It's about the vast majority that can use something responsibly. Most people can consume alcohol and gamble without giving their lives to it. Not to mention this presupposes that social media addiction is rampant. But there isn't a scientific consensus on that. This lawsuit reads like scaremongering of the past around television and comic books. Instead of regulating content or user privacy we get these dog and pony shows.