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[–] [email protected] 99 points 5 months ago (5 children)

All addiction advertising should be illegal... Imagine struggling with withdrawal and giving up, and then cigarettes appear, bam!

Or alcohol - addicts actually need that shit to get through the day. The offramp for these things needs planning and consistency and this is just reinforcing the impulses

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes merely purchasing things is an addiction, one that many members of my family have. Adtech feels like a weapon designed to exploit anxiety and dopamine pathways.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Adtech feels like a weapon designed to exploit anxiety and dopamine pathways.

It kind of is

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