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		Devasta 21 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction'... Just ban personalized advertising and be done with it, they will do any amount of harm so long as it gets a click.

lingrush4 21 days ago | [–]

That would solve exactly zero of the complaints surfaced in this lawsuit. Companies still have an incentive to maximize app usage regardless of whether the advertising is personalized.

visarga 21 days ago | [–]

They will have personalized feeds for engagement and non-personalized ads, still get the addictive effect.

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