addict

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There’s one antiprinciple to this: Do not invest in companies that intentionally try to addict their customers to spend more time, attention and money on them, to the detriment of those customers’ flourishing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Jurors on Wednesday found Instagram and YouTube liable for designing platforms that are meant to addict young users.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

But lawyers for Kaley G.M. chose a different battlefield: the design of the platforms themselves, which they argued were engineered to trap and addict young users.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Mosseri, the Meta executive tasked with running Instagram, testified that the app wasn’t “clinically” addictive, and Zuckerberg said his company’s goal was to give users something useful, not addict them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“I’m not a drug addict, you pipsqueak,” I say.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart