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		mentalgear 21 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction'... fun fact: the people working for those companies, even though the attribute they are optimizing for is "addictability", they call it "snackability". Probably b/c of motivation and ... legal.

incahoots 21 days ago [–]

additional fun fact: Philip Morris (yes that one) controlled the majority of these companies and brands during the 80s & 90s.

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