Probably, but at the same time (and the article touches upon this a bit) the Internet is somewhat of an all encompassing medium the increasing use of which is n

Probably, but at the same time (and the article touches upon this a bit) the Internet is somewhat of an all encompassing medium the increasing use of which is not necessarily a sign of negative addiction. I use the Internet a lot, but that is because the Internet has grown to encompass some amount of nearly every aspect of my life, not (in my non-professional opinion) because I have an addictive tendency toward it. I'm a software developer, so clearly Internet use for research/testing/etc is very common; I'm a movie/tv watcher and all of my at-home movie/tv watching has migrated to the Internet; I'm a reader and most of my reading has migrated to the Internet (at the very least for delivery to my Kindle); I'm a gamer and most of the games I play have at least some Internet-based multiplayer component; I'm a hobbyist at various things like photography, quadcopter building/flying, and 3D printing and the Internet is a spectacular way to communicate with like-minded hobbyists, so I do; I'm someone who lives across the country from most of my extended family, and we keep in contact via the Internet (in addition to occasional phone calls and visits, but the contact via the Internet is much more consistent due to the easy time-shifting of leaving messages). I spend hours and hours and hours a day on the Internet, but OTOH I can easily go camping for a week or two and live completely without it with no ill effects. I have IRL friends I spend time with on a weekly basis, I "get out" and do plenty of things not related to the Internet, etc. So while I use it very often on a regular basis, that in and of itself does not signify an addiction, as far as I understand it (again, in my non-professional opinion).