• flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    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

    • NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      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.

      • qaz@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

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

        It kind of is