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
“There is a void in my guts that can only be filled by songs,” writes Jessica Hopper, a self-described addict of lyrics and tunes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Kochu Maria hadn’t yet made her acquaintance with the television addict waiting inside her.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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