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Has anyone else noticed smartphones have got significantly more addictive recently (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've noticed YouTube specifically has become more addictive, I never used to be one to sit and scroll for long durations before but I often catch myself spending way too long on shorts now

Even people or older generations seem to be getting sucked in nowadays

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

...and less effective, and more proprietary, and more homogenous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Which, IMO, makes the smartphones less appealing and less addictive.

I speculate perhaps the-powers-that-be are making our smartphone experience incrementally shittier so we become less addicted to them, So as not to interfere with our work ethic being capitalist slaves.

"Git off yer damn phones and git back to work!!"